“My first action as your next president will be to close the border (…) and release the unjustly imprisoned January 6 hostages,” former Republican President Donald Trump wrote on Monday night on his Truth Social network, without further details.
Trump has addressed in the past what he would do if re-elected, promising that upon his return to the White House he would act as a dictator only on “day one.”
Trump promises to “free the hostages”
In January, during a campaign event in the northern state of Iowa, the magnate called on Democratic President Joe Biden to “release the hostages,” a term he usually uses to refer to those detained for participating in the assault on the Capitol. Congress headquarters.
The attackers, inflamed by Trump and his false claims of electoral fraud, invaded the Capitol on January 6, 2021, to try to prevent the transfer of power to Biden.
More than 1,000 accused, about 500 convicted
Since that date, some 1,358 people have been charged, according to figures released last week by the Department of Justice. Some 500 people have been sentenced to prison terms for the assault.
Trump faces four criminal proceedings, including two for allegedly trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election, won by Biden, in his favor.
The former president is almost assured of the nomination as a Republican candidate for the November elections, after the withdrawal of his last rival, former governor Nikki Haley, last week.
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