1,500 defendants who were prosecuted for participating in the Capitol riot that took place on January 6, 2020 received pardons from President Donald Trump Monday night.
National Review explains the blanket pardon includes the roughly 900 defendants who were convicted on misdemeanor charges as well as the hundreds of others convicted of more serious offenses. Some 600 January 6 defendants were charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding police, including almost 200 rioters who carried weapons.
Misdemeanor defendants were primarily charged for having trespassed in the Capitol without committing any violence or destruction and most received sentences of probation or home confinement.
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Other defendants face charges for impeding police during a civil disorder such as pushing against police lines or used their bodies to interfere with
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