January 6 rioter freed after Trump’s pardon — but authorities say he should still be in jail
High-profile January 6 rioter Guy Reffitt showed up in Washington, DC, on Wednesday to celebrate with his wife and supporters who’d been hoping for his release from federal detention for months.
How Trump's blanket clemency for January 6 rioters impacts the PNW
President Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of all of the January 6 U.S. Capitol riot defendants this week. Over 1,500 people were charged with or convicted of crimes, ranging from sedition to felony assaults to misdemeanor charges that amounted to little more than trespassing. The vast majority received pardons. 14 sentences were commuted.
Pardoned January 6 Participant Says 'God' Looked Over Capitol Rioters
"I believe God used us for a greater good," January 6 rioter Joseph Fischer told Newsweek after he was pardoned by President Donald Trump.
They assaulted cops and tried to overturn an election. What to know about Trump’s mass pardons for January 6 rioters
With the stroke of a pen on Monday, President Donald Trump completely upended the Justice Department’s four-year effort to arrest, prosecute and punish the people who attacked the US Capitol on January 6,
Trump pardoned these 22 Alabamians for their actions on January 6: ‘It’s about time’
Kaleb Dillard, 26, was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, on felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Federal Court Records) The entire ordeal, he said, led him to his now-wife and brought him closer to family and friends.
Trump issues sweeping pardons for roughly 1,500 January 6 participants
President Donald Trump has long said he would grant pardons to January 6 defendants.
January 6 Pardons Split Republicans on Trump’s First Full Day
Though Trump started off his first full day as president by unceremoniously firing four prominent appointees from Biden’s administration, several of them pushed back on his characterization of events.
Who did Trump pardon in the Upstate after participating in the US Capitol riot?
President Donald Trump quickly signed off on executive orders on Monday, his first day in the Oval Office. He also pardoned over 1,500 people charged with attacking the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, 34 of them from South Carolina.
How Trump decided to kick off his second term with blanket Jan. 6 pardon
Some recipients of pardons related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol are exploring lawsuits alleging civil rights violations.
Trump ‘certainly’ open to meeting with some Jan. 6 rioters granted clemency
A White House meeting may be in the cards for some of the nearly 1,600 people charged in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol who received clemency from President Donald Trump. Trump told reporters Thursday that he would “certainly be open” to meeting with some of the people who stormed the Capitol to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.
Jan. 6 prosecutors describe 'shocking,' 'guttural' week after Trump's pardons
Federal prosecutors in the now-disbanded Capitol Siege Section of the D.C. U.S. attorney's office spent much of the last four years prosecuting cases against Jan. 6 rioters.
They sentenced the January 6 rioters. Now, these judges are calling out Trump and ‘poor losers’
The federal judges in Washington, DC, who handled hundreds of cases from January 6, 2021, are pushing back against President ...
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Actually, Republicans Want to Talk About January 6 After All
Speaker Johnson is all about looking forward, which is why the House is reinvestigating the assault on the Capitol.
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Why the January 6 Pardons Could Be Catastrophic for Public Safety
In arguably the most consequential and dangerous act of his second administration so far, President Donald Trump issued ...
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Congressman Rips Trump's January 6 Pardons on House Floor, Calls It a 'Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card to KKK Members'
Rep. Jim McGovern condemned Donald Trump's pardons for January 6 rioters, calling them "sick" and "un-American" while ...
How to see 6 planets align in a rare night-sky parade in January and February
Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you ...
Jan. 6 Convicts Get Support From DOJ to Enter Washington, D.C.
The DOJ compared the Capitol rioters to Jim Biden and General Mark Milley, neither of whom have been charged with crimes.
Commuted Jan. 6 defendants barred from DC, Capitol building by federal judge
A federal district judge issued an order barring certain January 6 defendants with commuted sentences from entering ...
Republican Leaders Once Thought January 6 Was ‘Tragic’
Republicans used to denounce the violent insurrectionists of January 6. Their rhetoric is no longer operative.