Trump’s Issues Pardons to Most Dangerous January 6 Insurrectionists
On Monday evening, just hours after Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Senate passed the Laken Riley Act, an extreme bill that would allow for the deportation and detention of any undocumented immigrant merely suspected of a nonviolent crime. And they did it with the help of 12 Democrats.
Republicans struggle to answer for Trump’s pardon of January 6 defendants just hours into his presidency
Republican senators struggled to defend Donald Trump’s decision to commute and pardon hundreds of January 6 protesters including those who were charged and convicted of crimes against police officers,
After Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons, Some Fear It Will Spur More Violence
Trump's pardon of violent Jan. 6 rioters raises fears that he'll pardon anyone who commits crimes on his behalf in the future
'Appalling': Current and former prosecutors lament Trump's Jan. 6 pardons
Jason Manning, who spent years as a line prosecutor working on Jan. 6 cases, said it sent the message that "that attacking police officers like that is OK."
Trump defends pardons for rioters and suggests Proud Boys could have place in politics
Trump suggested there could be a place in U.S. politics for the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, extremist groups whose leaders were convicted of seditious conspiracy against the U.S.
Some Trump voters express reservations with his sweeping Jan. 6 pardons
One Trump voter told NPR he supported pardons related to the Capitol attack, but has a tougher time reconciling pardons for rioters who were violent with police.
These people are some of the violent Jan. 6 rioters Trump pardoned
Trump issued “a full, complete and unconditional pardon" to people punished for their involvement in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including those who assaulted law enforcement officers.
Republican senators are mostly quiet on Trump's sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 rioters
Many Republican senators say they do not agree with President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon and commute sentences for more than 1,500 people who assaulted police officers, broke into the building or committed other crimes related to the Jan.
Pardoned Jan. 6 attackers to go free on Trump's first full day in office
Supporters of Donald Trump who attacked the U.S. Capitol four years ago will start leaving prison on Tuesday, pardoned by the new president in a flurry of Inauguration Day executive orders showing intent to stamp radical change on the country.
Why Trump Could Regret His Jan. 6 Pardons
Even though President Donald Trump had vowed to deliver pardons to those who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the Capitol, his sweeping clemency for roughly 1,500 people was stunning. The recipients of Trump’s incredible generosity included Enrique Tarrio,
January 6 defendants and supporters welcome news of pardons after Trump's executive order
At a Washington, D.C. detention facility Jan. 6 defendants and supporters welcomed the news of pardons from President Trump while experts worry about criminal histories.
Pardons by Trump and Biden reveal distrust of each other and wobbly faith in criminal justice system
A day that began with the outgoing president's pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president's ...
Jan. 6 prisoners, including Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, released after Trump pardons, commutations
Stewart Rhodes, the former head of the Oath Keepers militia, was among Jan. 6 inmates freed under President Trump's pardons ...
Oath Keepers, Proud Boys leaders out of prison after Trump Jan. 6 pardons
Four years after they raided the Capitol and assaulted police officers, a group of some of the most violent Jan. 6 rioters ...
LIers pardoned over Jan. 6 Capitol riot say they are relieved, grateful to President Donald Trump, lawyers say
Several Long Islanders were included in Trump's mass pardon of the mob that launched an insurrection at the Capitol in an ...