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When he takes office on January 20, 2025, President-elect Donald Trump may follow through on his campaign promise to pardon scores of participants in the January 6, 2021 siege of the U.S. Capitol. The potential wave of pardons is particularly offensive for former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who told CNN host Boris Sanchez that it would be “mind blowing” if some of the more violent participants in the mob were freed. He particularly blasted the incoming president for referring to jailed January 6 rioters as “hostages,” and reminded CNN viewers that many of those who would be let out of j…