A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was among 1,500 people granted clemency by President Donald Trump as he returned to the White House for his first day in office on Monday.
The president pardoned, commuted the prison sentences or vowed to dismiss the cases of more than 1,500 people charged with crimes for the attack on the nation's Capitol on January 6, 2021."These are the hostages," he said while signing the paperwork in the Oval Office after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States.
In August 2023, Zachary Rehl was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being seen on video spraying a chemical irritant at law enforcement officers outside the Capitol, an act federal prosecutors said he repeatedly lied about.Rehl was convicted for seditious conspiracy after prosecutors say he helped lead dozens of Proud Boys members and associates in marching to the Capitol, and joining the mob that broke through police lines and forced lawmakers to flee.
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