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Jan. 6 riot victims, Democrats see hypocrisy in Trump's response to L.A. protests

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President Trump pardoned more than 1,500 Capitol riot defendants, including 600 accused of assaulting police.

Some of the president's top national security leaders have issued forceful public statements criticizing the people accused of confronting and assaulting police in Los Angeles .

The disparity risks inflaming the already heated controversy in California .

Mr. Trump has consistently defended Capitol rioters as patriots who were victims of a "weaponized " Justice Department .

Rep. Dan Goldman , a New York Democrat , told CBS News it is Trump who has weaponized the federal government.

"Where was the Republican outrage when Trump freed domestic terrorists?" Rep. Bennie Thompson , a Mississippi Democrat , said.

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