In his amnesty decision, Trump went further than his allies would have hoped, writes CNN.
President of the United States Donald Trump ended all 2021 congressional assault convictions and pending cases in one fell swoop.
Trump signed an executive order pardoning nearly all of the 1,270 people convicted in the Jan. 6 attack. In addition, he ordered the Ministry of Justice to drop about 300 pending cases.
Trump also commuted the sentences of the leaders of the far-right groups Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, convicted of the most serious crimes, says CNN. The mitigation of the sentences means that the convicted get to go free.
This is how the leader of Oath Keepers, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison, is released from prison Stewart Rhodes. He was convicted of seditious conspiracy in the spring of 2023.
In his decision, Trump went further than his advisers and allies in the Republican Party would have hoped, writes CNN. For example, the vice president JD Vance and the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson recently stated that amnesties should only apply to those convicted who did not commit violent acts in connection with the Congress attack.