Several GOP lawmakers defend Trump’s pardon of Jan. 6 defendants
President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the pardons and commutations of roughly 1,500 defendants charged with crimes connected to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, including some convicted of assaulting police officers.
Trump pardons all Jan. 6 riot participants. What it means for MetroWest residents
An Ashland woman who was serving nine months in federal prison was released early after President Trump pardoned all Capitol riot participants.
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.
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.
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,
Trump pardons give Jan 6 defendants nearly everything they wanted
Some of the president's own team had signalled not all of those arrested over the Capitol riot would be released - until Monday.
'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."
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.
What Trump's pardons mean for Virginians charged with crimes tied to Jan. 6
Virginians were charged with crimes tied to the January 6 Capitol breach, and a dozen of them were known to be from or were arrested in our region.
'I just can't agree': Trump's Jan. 6 pardons face pushback from Republican senators
Republican senators pushed back against President Donald Trump’s decision to issue pardons and commute the sentences of Jan. 6 defendants.
On Capitol Hill, Only a Handful of Republicans Object to Jan. 6 Pardons
Even Republicans who once said violent rioters should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law declined to criticize the presidential clemency for violent offenders, saying it was time to move on.
Hundreds of Capitol rioters released from prison after Trump's sweeping pardon
By Julio-Cesar Chavez, Andrew Goudsward, Jason Lange, Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Sen. Andy Kim says Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons ‘dishonor’ Capitol Police officer who died, as backlash mounts
Sen. Andy Kim and other Democrats sharply criticized former President Donald Trump's expansive pardon of Jan. 6 rioters. Even ...