As Congress affirms Trump's 2024 election victory, over 1,500 defendants charged in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot await the outcome of potential pardons or sentence commutations by Trump.
While Congress meets Monday to count the Electoral College votes and affirm President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 election, the roughly 1,500 people accused of storming the Capitol four years ago will be focused on what happens next. Charged as part of the largest Justice Department 's investigation in history, they have been waiting to see if Trump fulfills his promise to pardon them or commute their sentences.
Prosecutors have charged more than 1,580 defendants with crimes tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, including more than 170 who are accused of using deadly or dangerous weapons like fire extinguishers and bear spray against officers. While a majority were charged with nonviolent misdemeanor crimes, some were accused of conspiring to use force to resist the peaceful transfer of power. Others admitted to fighting officers and attacking members of the media. More than 1,000 defendants have since pleaded guilty, and about 220 more were convicted at trial. Federal investigations said they are also seeking the public's assistance in locating at least five known fugitives. According to the Justice Department, 1,100 defendants have already had their cases fully adjudicated, and hundreds have already completed prison terms. The outgoing U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., has continued to bring new charges against defendants.'The Department continues to pursue those criminally culpable, especially those who assaulted law enforcement officers and engaged in disruptive or obstructive conduct that interfered with the peaceful transfer of power,' the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement.But with Trump's pledge to pardon at least some defendants and shut down the investigation, many of those who breached the Capitol four years ago could see their convictions erased and records wiped clea
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