Four years after they raided the Capitol and assaulted police officers, a group of some of the most violent Jan. 6 rioters are now free men.
Soon after being sworn-in on Monday, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation granting clemency to more than 1,500 charged in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection. It had long been expected that Trump would grant clemency to many Jan.
Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in May 2023 after a jury found him guilty of conspiring to stop the transfer of power and other charges. In September 2023, Tarrio, who asked Trump for a full pardon on the fourth anniversary of the insurrection, was sentenced to 22 years.
About 1,500 rioters who were involved in storming the U.S. Capitol in 2021 were granted pardons by President Donald Trump. Here’s what we know.
Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio were released from serving lengthy prison terms for convictions of seditious conspiracy.
Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio were among the most prominent January 6 defendants had received some of the harshest punishments.
Rhodes was found guilty of orchestrating a weekslong plot that culminated in his followers attacking the US Capitol in a desperate bid to keep Trump in power.
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who was convicted of orchestrating his far-right extremist group’s Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol, showed up Wednesday on Capitol Hill, a day after he was released from prison as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping clemency order.
President Donald Trump kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, Jan. 6, health policy and more.
The House on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that requires the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes, marking the first legislation that President Donald Trump can sign as Congress, with some bipartisan support, swiftly moved in line with his plans to crackdown on illegal immigration.
On Fox News last night, Trump cheerleaders Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham likewise attacked the bishop for issuing a “woke tirade” and forcing the president and his entourage to listen to the “rantings of a lunatic”.