Trump fully pardons 1.5k January 6 defendants, commutes the sentences of 14 Oath Keepers + Proud Boy organizers

The Executive Order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/

An hour+ of the Proud Boys in DC today for the inauguration: https://www.youtube.com/live/hTQXLUPRjV4

Some reporting on the news:

• https://apnews.com/article/capitol-jan-6-pardons-trump-justice-department-8ce8b2a8f8cb602d5eaf85ac7b969606

  • https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-set-pardon-defendants-stormed-capitol-jan-6-2021-rcna187735
    

• https://www.npr.org/2025/01/20/g-s1-36809/trump-pardons-january-6-riot

Individuals whose sentences were commuted to time served:
Stewart Rhodes, leader of the Oath Keepers
Oath Keepers leaders and/or members Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson, Thomas Caldwell, Jessica Watkins, Roberto Minuta, Edward Vallejo, David Moerschel, Joseph Hackett
Proud Boys leaders and/or members Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Dominic Pezzola, Jeremy Bertino