Jan 06, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WAVY) — A Virginia Beach charter boat captain hopes President-elect Donald Trump comes through, while a senator and two members of Congress who all represent Hampton Roads hope Trump reconsiders. Without too many specifics, Trump said he would pardon those charged in connection with the Capitol riot January 6, 2021. According to an analysis by the Washington Post, 1,549 people were charged in connection with the riot. More than half of those people faced misdemeanor charges, and Jake Hiles was one of those. "[Trump] says that he's going to give everyone that was there a presidential pardon, which is deserved," the charter boat captain told WAVY in a Monday morning interview. Hiles originally faced three misdemeanor charges, but pleaded guilty to just one: parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. He was ordered to serve two years of probation. "People like myself who did nothing violent, nothing destructive — I don't think that I should have been treated by the government and the media the way that I was treated," Hiles said. He said he's expecting a pardon, but added that those who were violent or destructive should be held accountable. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Reps. Bobby Scott (D-Va. 3rd District) and Jennifer McClellan (D-Va. 4th District) have a different take. Scott said in a statement that "many people, including President-elect Trump, have attempted to downplay, dismiss, deny and outright lie about what happened that day. Attempts to rewrite history will fail. …" McClellan told our D.C. bureau that pardons would be a slap in the face to those who died or got hurt. "It's shocking," she said. "Trump has shown that the rule of law means nothing to him. But I do think that it's disrespectful to the people who were injured and killed on that day." "I don't support clemency or pardons for those who participated in the January 6 insurrection," Kaine wrote in a statement to WAVY. "It would send a bad message that one can use violence, including attacking law enforcement, in an attempt to overturn an election and face no consequences." Trump takes the oath of office Jan. 20.
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