CNN’s Manu Raju Grills GOP Lawmaker Over Trump January 6 Pardons: ‘You Would Oppose That?’

CNN anchor Manu Raju grilled Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) on Friday over the possibility of President-elect Donald Trump offering pardons to January 6th Capitol rioters.

Recently, Trump suggested he would issue pardons to some of those arrested for their role in the  January 6th riot.

During a Friday interview on CNN, Raju played prior comments by Banks where he said violent rioters should be prosecuted to the “fullest extent of the law.”

RAJU: So given what you said about violent protesters being prosecuted, would you be okay if Trump issued a blanket pardon on the January 6th rioters?

BANKS: Yeah, Manu, I’ve never heard President Trump talk about offering a blanket pardon to those who who were violent or who did things on January 6th of a violent nature against police officers, Capitol police officers, or damage the United States Capitol. I think President Trump is talking about those who were who were there that day, who were there showing their support for him, not those who committed violent acts.

RAJU: So you would you would oppose that. You would oppose that notion?

BANKS: I don’t know that that I’ve never heard him talk about pardoning those people. But there are a lot of people who were who were innocent that day who were there, who were who were arrested for different reasons, some of them still in jail to this point. We have, you know, the very first woman who was arrested and convicted in the country was a grandma from Indiana. And she just happened to be there that day. And and like so many others, was ushered into the Capitol. And as you know, there’s a there’s a ranking member on the Jan-

RAJU: But Mr. Banks, just to be clear, there’s a limit on how much how far Donald Trump should go. You think there should be a limit on who he decides to pardon that day?

BANKS: But look, let’s wait and see what this part it looks like. But Donald Trump has never talked about pardoning someone who who committed a violent crime on January 6th. That’s not who he’s talking about. We all know there are hundreds of people who were arrested that day who who didn’t cause violence or who did it, who did it to destroy property at the United States Capitol, who shouldn’t have been arrested. And I think that’s who Donald Trump is talking about pardoning.

Watch the clip above via CNN.