Trump pardons nearly all charged with Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot
President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned nearly everyone criminally charged with participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, in a show of solidarity with supporters who stormed the seat of American power in his name.






















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President Donald Trump signs pardons for Jan. 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington, Jan. 20.REUTERS
William Sarsfield, who was released from serving time for his charges related to Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, hugs David Clements, after U.S. President Donald Trump made a sweeping pardon of nearly everyone charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack, in Washington, Jan. 21.REUTERS
Stephanie Liu hugs Harry Fox, a member of far-right Proud Boys, as he waits for fellow Proud Boys and others to be released, after President Donald Trump made a sweeping pardon of nearly everyone charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Jan. 21.REUTERS
People wait for the release of those serving time related to their involvement in Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, after President Donald Trump made a sweeping pardon of nearly everyone charged in the attack, in Washington, Jan. 21REUTERS
A member of far-right Proud Boys greets Dan Tooze, former member of far-right Proud Boys, after President Donald Trump made a sweeping pardon of nearly everyone charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack, in Washington, Jan. 21.REUTERS
A person gestures as people wait for the release of those serving time related to their involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, after President Donald Trump made a sweeping pardon of nearly everyone charged in the attack, in Washington, Jan. 21.REUTERS
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) speaks to the media as people gather outside of the DC Central Detention Facility, after U.S. President Donald Trump made a sweeping pardon of nearly everyone charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Jan. 21.REUTERS
Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia who was sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy, speaks to a man in front of the DC Central Detention Facility, a day after his release from a Maryland prison as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon of nearly everyone charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Jan. 21.USA TODAY SPORTS
A person, who was released from serving time for his charges related to Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, is driven away from the DC Central Detention Facility after U.S. President Donald Trump made a sweeping pardon of nearly everyone charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Jan. 21.REUTERS
A person, who was released from serving time for his charges related to Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, is driven away from the DC Central Detention Facility after U.S. President Donald Trump made a sweeping pardon of nearly everyone charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Jan. 21.REUTERS
People gathered outside the DC Central Detention Facility and waiting for people to be released are pictured from inside a bus, after President Donald Trump made a sweeping pardon of nearly everyone charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Jan. 21.