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Luke Hoffman, one of many practically 1,500 January 6 rioters pardoned by Donald Trump, is feeling “thankful” following the chief order … and has no plans to apologize for his function within the tried coup.
We caught up with Luke on “TMZ Live” Tuesday, lower than a day after POTUS used his freshly restored government powers to pardon his supporters who stormed the Capitol 4 years in the past.
Luke — who pled responsible to assaulting legislation enforcement through the incident — says he’s “very grateful” to get dwelling to his household, with the hope of returning to his on a regular basis life.
He does have a message for many who view him critically within the aftermath of the takeover try … telling us perspective is all the pieces.
As he sees it … he was merely appearing in self-defense of himself and his spouse on January 6, declaring you needed to be there to completely perceive the scenario.
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He provides … “Things aren’t just as simple as a narrative that’s given. Things can happen in a certain way … I think things will come out in time.”
Luke says there are 2 sides to each story — although, he admits he can solely converse from his personal expertise, as he would not sustain with the opposite January 6 riot instances — and he says he would not watch protection or use social media.
Luke encourages critics to let January 6 rioters inform their very own tales … and to not be swayed by what’s circulating on-line.
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