Trump gave Jan. 6 rioters a mass pardon. Here’s a reminder of the crimes they committed
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President granted clemency to more than 1,500 supporters charged with crimes connected to the Jan. 6 insurrection on his first day in office. After ascending to the top of the GOP ticket in March 2024, Donald Trump made a promise. “My first acts as your next President will be to Close the Border, DRILL, BABY, DRILL, and Free January 6 Hostages being wrongfully imprisoned,” he wrote at the time on his Truth Social platform.
![[Garcia was accused of participating in aggressive confrontations with police]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/21/16/shutterstock_editorial_15020784a.jpg)
On his first day back in office on Monday, Trump stayed true to his word on the rioters and granted clemency to more than 1,500 supporters charged with crimes connected to the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol building. While an overwhelming majority of defendants were issued full pardons, five members of the far-right Proud Boys and nine members of the Oath Keepers militia had their sentences commuted. Trump has also issued full pardons for two Proud Boys members.
![[Ethan Nordean walks toward the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/09/01/19/c3d6be7d64384e8aa4ce2cdd749c528a.jpg)
Here are the highest profile Proud Boys and Oath Keeper members who received clemency from Trump, and a reminder of the crimes they committed:. Tarrio, 42, was serving a 22-year sentence after being convicted of seditious conspiracy and other charges related to the Jan. 6 insurrection.
![[Proud Boys organizer Joseph Biggs walks from the George C. Young Federal Annex Courthouse in Orlando on January 20, 2021]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/08/31/17/Capitol_Riot_Proud_Boys_17710.jpg)
Unlike many others on this list, Tarrio was not physically present at the Capitol during the riot. However, prosecutors argued that he played a central role in orchestrating the events from outside Washington, D.C. He is expected to touch down at Miami International Airport on Tuesday evening after flying from Dallas Love Field airport, a family spokesperson said.
![[Zachary Rehl walks toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Janaury 6, 2021]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/08/31/20/7b20aeb0678f48c9a9de9bdbfa2f7bf3.jpg)
