Very unfortunate
- Last updated: May 25, 2026 | 08:26
US President Donald Trump gestures during a meeting at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. AP
As Batman said in 1966, “Crime doesn’t pay,” now a fat man or at least an overweight man, Donald Trump, says, “Crime will pay” or at least the Government is planning to pay the Jan.6 rioters.
There are very few times when a convicted person should be paid unless by example they were later found to be innocent.
The rioters were pardoned or had their sentences commuted by President Trump despite what happened on the day and the number of lives lost. They are not innocent victims. They should not be paid.
There were victims, the police killed or injured, the democratic election process, and the credibility of America. America is heading the wrong way.
Dennis Fitzgerald
Melbourne, Australia