With President Donald Trump’s pardoning and commuting the sentences of some 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, former Justice Department officials are warning that he's sending the signal that he will pardon just about anyone who acts in his name.
On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order pardoning supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol just over four years ago, including those convicted of violent crimes and attacks against police officers that day. The pardon paves the way for the release of both violent offenders and the leaders of far-right groups, like Enrique Tarrio, a Proud Boys leader who was convicted of seditious conspiracy and released from prison Monday evening.
