President Trump Pardons January 6 Defendants in Sweeping Clemency Action

In a historic move on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump, on his first day back in the Oval Office, issued pardons to approximately 1,500 individuals convicted in connection with the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. This unprecedented act of clemency also included the commutation of sentences for 14 prominent figures associated with the events of that day.

Among those pardoned was Enrique Tarrio, the former chairman of the Proud Boys, who had been serving a 22-year sentence for seditious conspiracy. Tarrio's mother, Zuny Duarte Tarrio. . .