Donald Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of the more than 1,500 people convicted in connection with the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
He issued formal pardons to more than 1,550 rioters charged with a wide range of crimes and commuted the sentences of 14 members of far-right groups.
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The Boise resident was one of five Idahoans whose convictions were pardoned. Two other ongoing cases have been dismissed.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an underground online marketplace where drug dealers and others conducted more than $200 million in illicit trade using bitcoin.
The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, has been waiting for a phone call, letter, email, text — anything, really — from the Trump administration to say if he’s getting fired.
President Donald Trump pardoned nearly all Jan. 6 defendants on Monday night, after promising at his inaugural parade to sign an executive order on the matter.
The newly sworn-in 47th president signed a document commuting 14 prison sentences and offering “a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.”
With executive orders, Trump pardoned hundreds for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, began his immigration crackdown, and sought to keep TikTok online.
The question of whether all January 6 Capitol rioters should have been included in President Donald Trump’s pardons — even those who physically assaulted police
The directive is the latest in a flurry of moves the new administration has taken on immigration.