The mother of a Jan. 6 participant killed at the U.S. Capitol said she received a call from the president-elect, who has vowed to pardon Capitol riot defendants.
WASHINGTON — The mother of a Jan. 6 rioter killed during the attack on the U.S. Capitol said she received a call from President-elect Donald Trump this week in which he sent a message to Jan. 6 defendants, saying he loved them and to “keep their chins up.”
Micki Witthoeft, Ashli Babbit’s mother, said at a nightly vigil outside of the D.C. jail in support of Jan. 6 defendants on Wednesday that Trump had called her when she was in the back of an Uber with two other supporters of Jan. 6 defendants, coming back from laying down flowers in honor of her daughter.
“Tell them I love them, to keep their chins up,” Trump said when asked if he had a message for Jan. 6 defendants, according to Witthoeft.
“I know that he is still thinking about these guys, and I have a feeling it is going to be a happy day for us,” when Trump is sworn in on Jan. 20, Witthoeft said.