Norma Torres' Amendment to Ban January 6 Participants from Federal Employment

Proposed Amendment to Ban Federal Employment

• 💡 Representative Norma Torres proposes an amendment to prohibit the federal government from hiring or employing individuals pardoned by President Trump for their involvement in the January 6 events.
• 🎯 The amendment targets those included in President Trump's pardon for January 6 insurrectionists who violently attacked the U.S. Capitol.

January 6th Insurrection Characterized

• ⚠️ January 6th is described not as a protest, but as a violent, desperate attempt to destroy democracy and an attack on the rule of law.
• 💔 Five Capitol Police officers lost their lives, and over 150 officers were injured while defending the Capitol during the insurrection.

Pardons and Criminal Backgrounds

• ⚖️ President Trump pardoned over 1,500 individuals charged or convicted for their role in the January 6th insurrection on his first day in office.
• criminal pardoned individuals faced charges or convictions for serious crimes including rape, sexual abuse of a minor, domestic violence, manslaughter, and drug trafficking.
• 🚫 These individuals are deemed to not deserve leniency and absolutely have no place working in the federal government.

Case of Jared Weise

• 🚨 The amendment highlights the case of Jared Weise, a former January 6th rioter, who was hired as a senior adviser for the Trump Department of Justice.
• 🗣️ Weise is noted for urging January 6th rioters to kill police officers and referring to them as Nazis and the Gestapo, actions caught on police body cameras and admitted during his trial before his pardon.
• 🏛️ The federal government should not be hiring individuals who attempted to kill law enforcement officers, attacked the Vice President, or tried to overthrow democracy.
• ✅ Support for this amendment is urged to prevent taxpayer dollars from funding individuals who attacked democratic institutions.