Donald Trump Jr. has issued a stern warning to people who “sold out” President-elect Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 riot.
Trump Jr., 46, told Charlie Kirk on his show Real America’s Voice that those who abandoned his father after rioters stormed the Capitol, amid accusations that Joe Biden stole the election, were now in “big, big problems.”
He said on Kirk’s podcast: “You could be with us before, but if you sold out, if you bought into the narrative, if you said ‘Oh my God, it’s worse than Pearl Harbor, you know, and 9/11 combined.'” …that’s the new day one.
‘Now we have four years in which we know what we are doing, in which we have the opportunity to start from scratch with people who we know are absolute warriors of the movement.
Now you’ll be stuck with it for four years. Now, as Billy Madison would say, you’re all in big, big trouble now.
In the riots of January 6, 2021, countless Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC to disrupt a session of Congress called to certify the results of the 2020 election.
Trump encouraged a crowd of gathered people to “walk down Pennsylvania Avenue” to the Capitol building to “fight like hell.”
The riots, described by the FBI as “domestic terrorism,” left 140 police officers injured, four of whom have since committed suicide. Three suspected rioters also died: one was shot dead by police, another died of a heart attack, and one was apparently crushed to death in the mob.
Donald Trump Jr. (pictured) issued the harsh warning to those who abandoned his father after January 6.
Trump Jr. made the comment while speaking with Charlie Kirk (pictured) on his show Real America’s Voice.
Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier, on January 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington.
The federal government has since filed criminal charges against more than 1,500 people and is reportedly still searching for more alleged participants.
So far, more than 1,000 people have pleaded guilty or been found guilty of various charges.
While Trump was acquitted of the charges by the Senate during his 2021 impeachment trial following the Capitol riot, the federal case against him continues.
Just 12 days before the November 5 elections, Trump’s legal team asked the judge to dismiss the entire case by claiming that the office of Jack Smith, the special prosecutor leading the case, is unconstitutional.
Trump’s lawyers argued: “Everything Smith did since Attorney General (Merrick) Garland’s appointment, as President Trump continued his primary campaign against President Biden and then Vice President Harris, was illegal and unconstitutional.”
During his presidential campaign this year, he promised that granting “full pardons with apologies to many” would be one of his top priorities.
This promise has begun to affect criminal cases against alleged rioters, with a Last month, a federal judge delayed a case against a Kansas man. after successfully arguing that the president-elect made public promises to pardon or end prosecutions against alleged rioters.
William Pope, representing himself, told District Judge Rudolph Contreras: “The American people gave President Trump a mandate to carry out the agenda he campaigned for, which includes ending the January 6 prosecutions.” and pardon those who exercised their First Amendment rights at the Capitol.”
Media equipment equipment damaged during clashes after supporters of US President Donald Trump breached security at the US Capitol in Washington DC, United States, on January 6, 2021.
Police clear the US Capitol building with tear gas as supporters of US President Donald Trump gather outside in Washington, US, on January 6, 2021.
Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump demonstrate at the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021
Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
“This result and the new mandate of the people justify that my trial continues during the next administration.”
Contreras granted the request, delaying the trial that was scheduled for Dec. 2 until at least February 2025, four years after he was first charged with felony rioting and other misdemeanor trespassing charges. and disturbance of public order.
Another judge set a trial date for three defendants for April 15, after a prosecutor admitted she did not know whether the case would go forward when Trump takes office.
Elita Amato, a lawyer for one of the defendants, told the Washington Post: ‘(The judge) asked the prosecutor what they could or could not ultimately do in the case, and she couldn’t really say.
‘The judge was willing to go (later) to give everyone more time to see what’s going to happen.’