A top federal prosecutor who oversaw the Department of Justice prosecutions of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack has resigned while criticizing the sweeping pardons rolled out by President Donald Trump as a green light for political violence.

“I was shocked, if not stunned, by the breadth of the pardons,” Greg Rosen, who headed the former Capitol Siege section in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, told CBS News following his exit last week.

“I think the message that they send is that political violence towards a political goal is acceptable in a modern democratic society,” he added. “Individuals who were duly — and appropriately — convicted of federal crimes ranging in culpability are immediately let loose without any supervision, without any remorse, withou

See Full Page