Trump Announces Pardons For Over 1,500 Supporters Charged In Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned or commuted the prison sentences of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including people convicted of seditious conspiracy and assaulting police officers, using his clemency powers on his first day back in office to undo the massive prosecution of the unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Trump’s action, just hours after his return to the White House, paves the way for the release from prison of dozens of people found guilty of violent attacks on police, as well as leaders of far-right extremist groups convicted of plotting to stop the peaceful transfer of power after Trump lost the 2020 election to former President Joe Biden. Read More: ‘He’s at the Apex of Power Now’: A Preview of Trump’s Second Term The pardons are a culmination of Trump’s yearslong campaign to rewrite the history of the Jan.

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