What to Know About Trump’s Broad Grant of Clemency to Jan. 6 Rioters

What to Know About Trump’s Broad Grant of Clemency to Jan. 6 Rioters

President Trump granted three different types of reprieve on Monday to all of the nearly 1,600 people who faced prosecution for the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He issued formal pardons to hundreds of rioters convicted of any crimes connected to Jan. 6, starting at the low end with offenses like trespassing … Read more

January 6 Capitol attack | Stewart Rhodes, founder of extremist group Oath Keepers, sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy

January 6 Capitol attack | Stewart Rhodes, founder of extremist group Oath Keepers, sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy

Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington, June 25, 2017. Rhodes has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. | Photo Credit: AP The founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group was … Read more