really was. from this latest discovery we have one johnny mcentee to thank, trump s director of personnel by the end. we now now mcentee s testimony before the committee revealed that the twice-impeached disgraced ex-president in his final hours in office floated the idea of a blanket pardon for the breach of the united states capitol. there was a vice of dissent to that idea, white house counsel pat cipollone. he rejected the idea. our friend luke broad water of the new york times reports this, quote, mcentee recalled cipollone also rejected trump s idea that all white house staff should be pardoned, even those who have played no role in the president s push to overturn the 2020 election. quote, i remember cipollone questioning on that, well, why does anyone need a pardon, mr. mcentee recalled, adding that the president had responded, well, just so they can t go after them for any little thing. and i think cipollone said, yeah, but no one here has done anything wrong. the
white house staff and the rioters themselves, let me read of what the rioters did. one one, robert palmer was convicted for assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon. sentenced to 63 months. what trump wanted to issue blanket pardons that would have included robert palm sh, he threw a wooden plank at the police, sprayed fire extinguisher fluid to the officers and threw the canister at them after it was empty. assaulted another police officer with a metal pole. devlin thompson would have been pardoned, he threw objects and projectiles at police officers including flag poles. he grabbed and stole the officer s riot shields. helped throw a large speaker at the front line of officers. picked up a metal baton and swung it overhead and downward against the police line. you can go on and on the things that these people who donald trump thought were worthy of a blanket pardon did to the