US EditionTrump pardons Jan. 6 rioter for gun offense and woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents
- By November 15, 2025, President Donald Trump granted pardons to Daniel Edwin Wilson, a Jan. 6 defendant released Friday for gun offenses, and Suzanne Ellen Kaye, a Florida defendant sentenced for threatening FBI agents.
- White House officials said the firearms were found after a January 6-related search, prompting Wilson's pardon; the Justice Department initially disputed this but later cited clarity on presidential intent, while Trump-nominated U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich called the prosecutors' shifting stance extraordinary.
- Prosecutors said authorities recovered six guns and roughly 4,800 rounds at Daniel Edwin Wilson's Kentucky home; he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution.
- Wilson was released Friday and can reunite with his family, while the pardons expand clemency for Jan. 6 cases amid debate over executive power boundaries.
- Wilson's attorney George Pallas said, `For too long, my client has been held as a political prisoner by a government that criminalized dissent`, while legal critics raised ethical concerns about the pardons.
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President Donald Trump has issued two pardons related to the investigation into the January 6, 2021, riot, including one for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents who were investigating a tip that…
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