Public disputes concerning the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, subsequent prosecutions, pardons, compensation proposals, and official responses.
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At an August 11 Savannah campaign event, Mike Collins said the federal government has a liability when it harms someone after a pardoned January 6 defendant asked about compensation for people he said were targeted by a weaponized political system. Jon Ossoff said the answer backed taxpayer-funded payments to violent January 6 participants; the Collins campaign said it did not back automatic or blanket payouts for people prosecuted for January 6.
