More than 200 people convicted of crimes in the Capitol riot were released from federal prison custody by Tuesday morning, officials said.

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Trump pardons upend Jan. 6 prosecutions by freeing rioters and dismissing cases

President Trump was so very wrong to grant clemency to every convicted criminal who sacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in pursuit of his incendiary lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him. The horrific violence of that day was all about Trump, who ignited the fire, but each person who followed him and then broke the law bears their own responsibility. His presidential pardons and commutations for his loyalists unjustly lifts that responsi…

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Trump frees the Jan. 6 criminals: Pardoning the Capitol rioters is bad for democracy

Rioters locked up for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack were released while judges began dismissing dozens of pending cases Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to all 1,500-plus people charged in the insurrection that shook the foundation of American democracy.

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Trump pardons upend massive Jan. 6 prosecution by freeing rioters, dismissing cases

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Rioters locked up for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack were released while judges began dismissing dozens of pending cases Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to all 1,500-plus people charged in the insurrection that shook the foundation of American democracy. With the stroke of a pen on his first day back in the White House, Trump’s order upended the largest prosecution in Justice Departme…

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WASHINGTON — Rioters locked up for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol were released while judges began dismissing dozens of pending cases Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to all 1,500-plus…

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Trump pardons upend massive Jan. 6 prosecution

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President Donald Trump made good on his promise to pardon or commute the sentences of Jan. 6 rioters. Geoff Bennett discussed what this means for the years-long investigations into the insurrection with former congressman and advisor to the Jan. 6 Select Committee, Denver Riggleman.

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Former Rep. Riggleman weighs in on implications of Trump’s move to pardon Jan. 6 rioters

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