Former US President Donald Trump promised yesterday, Monday, that as soon as he returns to power, if he wins the November presidential election, he will release those imprisoned for their involvement in the attack on the Capitol in 2021.

“My first steps as the next president will be to close the borders (…) and release the hostages of January 6 who were unjustly imprisoned!” he wrote last night the former president on the social networking site Truth Social, without giving further details.

In the past, Trump has already addressed the issue of a potential return to the White House, pledging on a television show in December not to act like a dictator, except on his “first day.”

In January, during a campaign event in Iowa, the billionaire had called on Democratic President Joe Biden to “release the hostages”, a term he regularly uses to describe those who have been imprisoned for their participation in the attack on the temple of American democracy. .

Rebels, emboldened by Donald Trump and false allegations of election fraudhad occupied the Capitol on January 6, 2021 to try to prevent the transfer of power to Joe Biden.

So far, 1,358 people have been charged, according to the latest Justice Department figures released last week. About 500 people have been sentenced to prison terms.

Trump is facing four criminal charges, two of which are for allegedly trying to sway the results of the 2020 presidential election in his favor after he lost to Joe Biden.

The former president is all but certain to win the Republican Party’s presidential nomination ahead of the presidential election after his last challenger, Nikki Haley, withdrew from the race last Wednesday.