Trump issues sweeping pardon of 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, including rioters who attacked police

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 in office to undo the massive prosecution of the unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy.

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News post in at: January 21, 2025, 4:00 am.

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