Trump has repeatedly referred to convicted criminals of both violent and nonviolent offenses related to Jan. 6 as “hostages.”
Five years after more than 2,000 people broke into the U.S. Capitol and the numerous trials, guilty pleas, and sentencings that followed, President Donald Trump granted a clemency to all January 6 rioters.
Among the rioters whose prison terms were commuted to time served as of Monday, is Stewart Rhodes. Rhodes, a Grandbury man and founder and leader of the Oath Keepers militia was serving an 18-year sentence for seditious conspiracy and other charges related to the capitol attack., “In addition to the seditious conspiracy charge, Rhodes was convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding and tampering with documents and proceedings.
“A pardon is where you essentially wipe the slate clean is just as though the person was never convicted,” Roper said. “They would have the right to vote. They could serve on a jury or public office. And of course, in addition to doing away with the conviction, it would do away with the sentence.”
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