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Podcast: In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons
Episode: Why Jan. 6 Pardons Could Stoke More Political Violence
Description: On President Donald Trump’s first day back in office, he granted clemency to all rioters, violent and non-violent, involved with the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Reset discusses who was pardoned, what’s next and what this action means for the future of political violence and civil society in the U.S. with Robert Pape, director of The Chicago Project on Security & Threats at the University of Chicago and Dan Mihalopoulos, WBEZ investigative reporter on government and politics.
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