It has been over four years since the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill, and many critics have complained that those accused of participating in it have been treated unfairly.

Yet in a bombshell announcement this weekend, President Donald Trump suggested that some of them can look forward to getting a pardon. 

Trump: Supporters will "be very happy" with his decision

According to Breitbart, Trump's remarks were made as he addressed a rally in Washington, D.C.'s Capital One Arena on Sunday.

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During his speech, Trump pledged that his attorney general and FBI director will do "an incredible job" when it comes to ending "the weaponization of our government" and restoring "the impartial rule of law."

“And, tomorrow, everybody in this very large arena will be very happy with my decision on the J6 hostages. I think you’ll be very, very happy," the president went on to add.

Trump says pardons to come "very quickly"

This is far from being the only time that Trump has discussed issuing pardons to those convicted of crime relating to the Capitol Hill riot.

Breitbart noted that he did so last month when asked about the issue during an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker.

"I’m going to look at everything. We’ll look at individual cases. But I’m going to be acting very quickly," Breitbart quoted the president as telling Welker.

When the host asked whether this process would begin within the first 100 days of his term, Trump stressed that he was planning to act on his first day in office.

"Yeah, I'm looking first day. These people have been there. How long has it been? Three or four years, OK? By the way, they've been in there for years, and they’re in a filthy, disgusting place that shouldn’t even be allowed to be open," he added.

J.D. Vance says violent offenders "shouldn't be pardoned"

However, Vice President J.D. Vance said during an interview with Fox News earlier this month that not all January 6 defendants will qualify for a pardon.

"I think it’s very simple, look if you protested peacefully on January 6th, and you had Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice treat you like a gang member, you should be pardoned," Politico quoted Vance as telling Fox News host Shannon Bream.

"If you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldn’t be pardoned. And there’s a little bit of a gray area there," he added.