Article 6XQGT Former Capitol attack prosecutor slams Trump pardons of January 6 defendants

Former Capitol attack prosecutor slams Trump pardons of January 6 defendants

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Greg Rosen, who is moving into the private sector, said the pardons send a terrible message to the American people'

A federal prosecutor who helped lead the US Department of Justice's investigation into the January 6 attack on Congress has resigned - and, in a new interview, he criticized Donald Trump's decision to pardon or commute the sentences of about 1,500 people charged in connection with the Capitol attack, saying that it sends a terrible message to the American people".

Longtime assistant US attorney Greg Rosen, the former chief of the justice department's Capitol siege section, sat down with CBS News after resigning over the weekend.

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