Former President Donald Trump issued pardons and commuted sentences for approximately 1,500 of his supporters involved in the January 6th Capitol riot. This move fulfills one of Trump's campaign promises and signals his continued support for those who participated in the attack. Trump's actions have sparked controversy, with some arguing that it undermines the justice system and trivializes the severity of the riot.
said on Monday that he was issuing roughly 1,500 pardons and commuting the sentences of six of his supporters in connection with the, when thousands of them stormed the building amid his false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against him.An attorney for Enrique Tarrio, the Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy, told NBC News on Monday that his client was being processed for release from FCI Pollock, a medium security federal prison in Louisiana.
The unprecedented attack on the U.S. Capitol, when the peaceful transfer of power was interrupted, was one of the most significant moments in American history.It resulted in the largest FBI investigation ever, with criminal charges against more than 1,500 people and criminal convictions against more than 1,100 defendants. Many low-level riot defendants were sentenced to probationary periods after being convicted of misdemeanor offenses, like unlawful parading inside the Capitol.
More than 600 people were sentenced to periods of incarceration, but only a fraction of them are still behind bars. Of those who are in the custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons, many were convicted of violent attacks on police officers protecting the U.S. Capitol during an assault in which Jan. 6 defendants were armed with
But shortly thereafter, Trump spoke to an overflow crowd of supporters in the Capitol and addressed the Jan. 6 defendants, once again airing his baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was"rigged.", including hundreds who admitted to their criminal offenses under oath and others who were convicted by either a judge or a jury of their peers."But you’ll be happy because, you know, it’s action, not words, that count.
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