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"It’s inappropriate,” the former Arkansas governor said.
President Joe Biden's weed pardons are a promising step, but they don't apply to most people with marijuana convictions.
Crisis hotline founder Paul Niland suggested Trump was basically endorsing political violence.
Brooks sought preemptive "all-purpose" pardons for Republicans who challenged the results of the 2020 election, CBS's Robert Costa reported.
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They face charges including assault, theft, trespassing, property destruction and conspiracy.
The Democratic president also commuted the sentences of 75 others for nonviolent, drug-related convictions.
The president said he will grant 75 commutations and three pardons for people charged with low-level drug offenses or nonviolent crimes.
The ex-president was called out for his Jan. 6 pledge.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam granted posthumous pardons to seven Black men who were executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty in June to misdemeanor counts of assault and harassment.