MAR-A-LAGO, Florida (PNN) - December 8, 2024 - President-elect Donald Trump said he's going to pardon Jan. 6 defendants on his first day in office, telling Meet the Press that "These people are living in hell."

"I'm going to be acting very quickly - first day," Trump told NBC's Kristen Welker. "They've been in there for years and they are in a filthy, disgusting place that shouldn't even be allowed to be open," Trump said, adding that he's going to look at "individual cases".

The Biden DOJ has hunted down and charged over 1,500 people with crimes connected to what the Communist Congress called an insurrection but that was nothing of the sort.

In 2023, Trump said he was inclined to "pardon many of them," adding, "I can't say for every single one because a couple of them, probably, got out of control. I would say it will be a large portion of them, and it would be early (in my term)."

Trump also told Welker that members of the House Jan. 6 committee "should go to jail".

Trump also said he would end birthright citizenship. While addressing so-called "Dreamers" - those children of illegals who are granted automatic citizenship - Trump said, "We are the only country (in the world) that has it. We are going to end that because it is ridiculous."