Donald Trump supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol four years ago are beginning to leave prison, after the newly installed president issued a sweeping pardon that signalled he intends to make aggressive use of his executive power.
Rhodes and Tarrio were among the most prominent defendants from January 6 and had received some of the harshest punishments.
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who graduated from UNLV and was involved in the 2014 Bundy ranch standoff, had his 18-year prison sentence commuted by Donald Trump.
Five of the Oath Keepers who had sentences commuted by the president -- including Rhodes, who was facing 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy -- were military veterans.
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, the far-right extremist group leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, has visited Capitol Hill after President Donald Trump commuted his 18-year prison sentence.
Chris Hayes says Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 rioters, including those who beat police officers, is the culmination of yearslong attack on American democracy
One of President Donald Trump’s first orders of business following his inauguration this week was to pardon those jailed in relation to convictions stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol.
President Donald Trump is acting on his campaign promises at the fastest clip in modern memory — sending almost hourly shockwaves through the government, the legal system, the science community and around the world.
One of the men pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol visited the Capitol Wednesday night to meet with lawmakers.
One order issued by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who oversaw the election interference case against Mr. Trump that was dismissed after his election in November, states that “no pardon can change the tragic truth of what happened on January 6, 2021.”
Leaders of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys called for prosecutions of police, prosecutors and members of a congressional committee.