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Justice Department Broadens Clemency for Capitol Rioters

  • The Department of Justice is extending President Donald Trump's pardons for January 6 defendants to include unrelated gun charges, according to Kyle Cheney from Politico.
  • Federal prosecutors have filed motions to dismiss cases against Daniel Ball and Elias Costianes, claiming their gun charges relate to their January 6 offenses.
  • Costianes recorded himself at the Capitol and was sentenced to two years for gun and drug charges, with the DOJ arguing his pardon covers these offenses.
  • The DOJ stated that the applicability of Trump's pardon is a detailed, case-specific matter, implying broader interpretations may occur in the future.
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Pardoned Capitol Rioters' Unrelated Gun, Drug Charges May Be Dismissed as DOJ Seeks to Expand Trump's Executive Order

The Trump Administration's Department of Justice revealed that the President's decision to grant Jan. 6 rioters clemency also covers other separate crimes they were charged with which were discovered by the FBI during their investigation into the Capitol riots.

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'He should be immediately released': Trump DOJ helping Jan. 6 rioters with unrelated charges

Some defendants charged and convicted in connection with the deadly January 6, 2021 siege of the U.S. Capitol are now having their pardons by President Donald Trump extended to unrelated cases.Politico legal correspondent Kyle Cheney reported Thursday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is now acting on behalf of January 6 defendants Daniel Ball and Elias Costianes in separate gun possession cases. While the two men were given clemency as a res…

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Justice Department broadens Jan. 6 pardons to cover gun, drug-related charges

In a new development, the Department of Justice said Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 defendants should apply more broadly and include separate gun charges, as well.

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Justice Department Broadens Clemency for Capitol Rioters

"The Justice Department now says that President Donald Trump’s clemency for Jan. 6 rioters covers unrelated crimes that were discovered during FBI searches stemming from the attack on the Capitol," Politico reports."Federal prosecutors revealed the new legal position this week in court papers

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DOJ Says Trump's Jan. 6 Clemency Includes Unrelated Crimes

The Justice Department says that President Trump’s clemency for Jan. 6, 2021, rioters covers unrelated crimes that were discovered during FBI searches stemming from the attack on the Capitol. Federal prosecutors stated the new legal position in court papers seeking to drop gun charges against two former Jan. 6 defendants. The guns in question were found at the two men’s homes during the Jan. 6 investigation, but the alleged gun crimes themselves…

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Justice Department now asserting in some cases that Prez Trump's Jan 6 pardons covers gun and drug crimes

As reported in this new NPR article, headlined “Justice Department broadens Jan 6 pardons to cover gun, drug-related charges,” the Justice Department is now concurring with some defendants claims that Prez Trump’s Jan 6 pardons covers more than Jan 6 activity.  Here are some details with a focus on one case (and links from the original): The Department of Justice has widened the scope of President Trump’s pardons for Jan. 6 riot defendants to i…

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Political Wire broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, February 20, 2025.
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