'It's disturbing because what it says to the victims,' Alexis Loeb said.
People loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington.and commutations for nearly all of the rioters charged with joining the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol was "disturbing" and an affront to the law enforcement officers who were assaulted at the hands of the pro-Trump mob, a former top prosecutor from the D.C. U.S. attorney's office told ABC News in an exclusive interview Tuesday.
Many of those pardoned were convicted in engaging in brutal attacks against the roughly 140 law enforcement officers injured in the attack — documented through thousands of hours of videos and police body camera footage — using weapons from bats, hockey sticks, bear spray and stun guns. Loeb told ABC News Trump's pardons may have wiped away the cases and guilty verdicts against the rioters, but they could not erase the historical record of their many crimes.
At least 221 individuals have been found guilty at contested trials in U.S. District Court, the DOJ said. Another 40 individuals have been convicted following an agreed-upon set of facts presented to and accepted by the court. "The juries overwhelmingly found that the government had proved its case by a beyond a reasonable doubt, and the juries paid close attention throughout the trial and were just riveted by the video that came from all angles," Loeb said. "These were some of the most documented crimes, I think, that we've ever seen."House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday he supports “redemption” and “second chances” for Jan. 6 Capitol rioters after Trump’s sweeping pardons.
People loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington.Trump's pardons of Jan. 6 rioters received condemnation from some unions that represent law enforcement.
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