US President Donald Trump issued pardons Monday to around 1,500 people convicted for their roles in the January 6th, 2021 Capitol attack, where rioters stormed the legislative building seeking to disrupt the certification of the 2021 election. Alongside the full pardons, Trump commuted the sentences of 14 other January 6th defendants, including Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, who will be released but retain their convictions. Trump also directed the Justice Department to drop outstanding charges against all other Capitol attack defendants.
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Me too buddy. I think I see their usefulness now. He doesn’t care about the numbers of them, 1,500 is nothing. They’re useful as leaders for what they represent.
Of course they’ll all ignore the fact that he could have pardoned them before he left office, but then they wouldn’t make very good martyrs would they?