Trump announces mass clemency for all Jan. 6 defendants

Published January 20, 2025 8:19pm ET



President Donald Trump announced from the Oval Office on Monday that he was granting pardons and commutations to all of the defendants convicted over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, marking one of the most expansive clemency announcements in history.

Trump’s pardons and commutations for the defendants, a stunning repudiation of the Justice Department’s wide-ranging four-year investigation into the Capitol attack, extended to nonviolent rioters, including those who damaged and stole property, and those who engaged in violence.

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