Trump's last-minute decision to go big on Jan. 6 pardons took many allies by surprise
Trump's pardon of more than 1,500 supporters charged in the Jan. 6 attack went further than what he suggested he would do just a month earlier.
‘F--k it: Release ‘em all.’ Behind the scenes of Trump’s Jan. 6 blanket pardons
Trump’s action, just hours after his return to the White House on Monday, paves the way for the release from prison of people found guilty of violent attacks on police, as well as leaders of far-right extremist groups convicted of failed plots to keep the Republican in power after he lost the 2020 presidential election to Biden.
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
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.
Trump defends pardons for rioters and suggests Proud Boys could have place in politics
Trump's actions were the latest step in his drive to overhaul Washington and erase the work of President Joe Biden's administration.
Trump defends Jan. 6 pardons of violent criminals
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 issues sweeping pardons and commutations for Jan. 6 rioters
President Donald Trump issued a sweeping series of pardons for defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Trump pardons about 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants
President Trump pledged on the campaign trail to absolve those who were charged for their conduct on Jan. 6, 2021.
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.
Trump announces mass clemency for all Jan. 6 defendants
Trump announced he was granting pardons, commutations, and case dismissals to nearly 1,600 defendants charged over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Trump pardons upend massive Jan. 6 prosecution by freeing rioters and dismissing cases
The former leader of the Proud Boys and the founder of the Oath Keepers have been released from prison after their lengthy ...
Reporter Asks Trump Why He Pardoned Cop-Beating Capitol Rioter. Wait For Answer.
“Sure,” Trump said. “So, then, if I can, among those you pardoned, D.J. Rodriguez, he drove a stun gun into the neck of a D.C ...
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 ...
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 ...
Inauguration Day Latest: Trump signs first round of executive orders
Festivities started earlier when Trump arrived for service at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Here's the latest: Among the ...