Ep 240 | Should Pardon ALL Jan. 6 Defendants?! | John Strand | The Glenn Beck Podcast

The Glenn Beck Program

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News Commentary, Politics, News

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🗓️ 11 January 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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“You never forget your first time being on an FBI Most Wanted list,” says January 6 defendant John Strand. “The process is the punishment ... they punish you at every nook and cranny of the bureaucratic machine.” For what came down to four misdemeanors, John faced a year in prison, including four months in solitary confinement, where he was often denied his time outdoors, phone calls, or even a book to read. “It was so totalitarian,” John says. “I didn’t really expect justice.” He and Glenn discuss the Supreme Court ruling that shortened his 32-month prison sentence, the “uniparty attack on the American populist resistance,” and the aftermath of John’s “digital assassination.” The two consider whether or not government officials like Nancy Pelosi and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser “benefited by creating the conditions” that made January 6 possible. Did at least 26 FBI agents know what was coming that day? What about the pipe bombs at the DNC and RNC headquarters? The main question is what do we do now? John suggests that the January 6 prosecutions are legally “irredeemably tainted.” Will President-elect Donald Trump issue a blanket pardon? Learn more about Patriot Plea by John Strand here- https://www.johnstrand.com/ Sponsors Byrna Byrna is the best alternative to deadly force. Visit https://byrna.com/GLENN for a 10% discount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.3	Are the January 6th defendants, heroes or villains? Did they all storm the capital with the
0:40.7	intent to dismantle democracy? Or were there patriots that were there? These patriots that were
0:48.0	caught in a trap laid by their own government? Or is it a little of both? I'm not sure. The truth
0:54.1	is never simple. but the truth is
0:57.3	important. Today I have a man with me who spent a year in prison, including four months in solitary
1:03.7	confinement. That is the definition of cruel and unusual punishment. Now, he spent all that time in prison. The Supreme Court is the one that
1:13.1	released him for what came down to four nonviolent misdemeanors. Sound fair? I think he's clearly a victim
1:21.6	of injustice, but does that make him a patriot? Should we take his plans to restore justice for the January 6th defendants?
1:30.8	Seriously, should President Trump? You will decide in the end. Welcome, the author of the new book,
1:38.7	Patriot Plee, January 6th defendant, John Strand.
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