‘F*** it, release em all:’: Inside Trump’s decision to issue blanket Jan 6 pardons
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After months of teasing pardons for Capitol rioters, Trump granted them to roughly 1,500 individuals convicted of January 6-related crimes in one of his first acts of his second term. In one of the first acts of his second administration, President Donald Trump pardoned nearly all of the January 6 criminals and new details reveal the spur-of-the-moment decision to release 1,500 people charged.
![[Rioters appear at the Captiol on January 6. Trump issued pardons to 1,500 people involved in the riots and allowing those in prison to walk free]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/09/21/Capitol_Riot_Fugitive_Arrested_44643.jpg)
The president’s move also came as a surprise to some Republicans, who have said they don’t agree with his move. Other Republicans were quiet, avoiding voicing an opinion on the matter whatsoever. “It’s the president’s prerogative,” Sen. John Cornyn told The Independent. “Congress doesn’t have a role.”.
