President Donald Trump has granted pardons to approximately 1,500 individuals charged in connection with the January 6 Capitol riot. He also announced several commutations for those who committed violent acts during the event.
Reports indicate that most participants in the January 6 protest and riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021 are being released from prison tonight, including those who have not yet gone to trial or received sentences.
The sweeping pardons signify the conclusion of one of the most extensive FBI investigations in history.
As The Hill reports:
“What they’ve done to these people is outrageous,” Trump said while signing various orders from the Oval Office, his first time in the White House since he was inaugurated early in the day.
He briefly said Monday night that he would grant roughly 1,500 pardons for rioters charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. There have been 1,583 total defendants charged.
🚨 #BREAKING: TRUMP PARDONS ~1,500 JAN. 6TH DEFENDANTS. pic.twitter.com/Jm2mFTcA0n
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 21, 2025
They came just hours after former President Biden in the 11th hour of his presidency issued preemptive pardons for members and staff of the House Jan. 6 committee, which investigated the riot.
Earlier tonight, the president signed executive orders at the Capitol One Arena that include:
- A freeze on all further regulations
- A freeze on all federal hiring, except for military personnel and certain other categories
- A requirement for all federal employees to return to in-person work full-time
- A directive to all federal agencies and departments to address the cost of living crisis
- A directive for the government to restore freedom of speech and eliminate government censorship
- A directive to end the weaponization of the government against former presidential administrations
Additional executive orders are set to be signed tonight and on Tuesday.
This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.
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God bless Trump1
What riot? Does anyone ever charge Dems for actually rioting, burning cars, robbing stores, etc.?
There was no riot, at best, it was trespassing.
Good and well overdue start.
God Bless you President Trump. This is something that needed to happen.
Biden is so unethical (he pardons the criminals in his own family). As I said in another post BIDEN HAS NO LEGACY SO WHY KEEP MENTIONING IT. He was the worst president in history.
He’s sick and should go into a mental hospital……..
MAGA
Looking forward to 4 + years of prosperity and rule of law with the corrupt Establishment Elite on the run.
Talk about abusing the Constitution. Pardoning rioters that attacked the Capitol is a huge abuse of the Constitution.
Great news.
Now he needs to address the Capital Policeman who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt and was rewarded by a promotion instead of a jail cell.
Democrates and communist one and the same they will do anything to weaken the United States, I’m 81 and have been following politics since the 50’s.