#PamBondi supported #Trump’s mass #pardons for thousands of his supporters who violently ransacked the US Capitol, including some who assaulted police officers. The #FBI described those involved in the planning & perpetration of that attack as “domestic violent extremists,” whom they had previously identified in threat assessments.

[hundreds of #Jan6 insurgents were convicted of crimes, the #ProudBoys & #OathKeepers were convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy among other crimes.]

Following the #Jan6 attack, there was a wave of #civil cases & #criminal prosecutions that splintered the [domestic terrorist] orgs & sent many members to prison before sweeping #clemency from #Trump. Among them were group leaders named alongside >30 others in the city’s suit, including #ProudBoys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio & #OathKeepers founder Stewart Rhodes, both of whom juries #convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy for their part in trying to block the peaceful transition of power.

The prosecutors were still under probationary status, allowing the firings w/o recourse under #DOJ policy….

Notifications went out Fri to people who served in the office’s now-disbanded Capitol siege prosecution section…. The cuts amount to about 8% of the office’s prosecutors. Combined with a recently announced freeze on hiring & promotions, the openings will have impacts across the office’s #civil, #appellate, #SuperiorCourt & #ViolentCrime divisions…

Re #Trump’s mass #pardons of #Jan6 insurgents, #KashPatel said he does “not agree w/the commutation of any sentence of any individual who committed violence against law enforcement.”

It’s a very lawyerly answer. The 14 people who received sentence #commutations, not pardons, were accused of #SeditiousConspiracy — a crime that requires the defendants used #violent force against the govt. But those who got commutations were not involved in the most violent assaults against on J6.

#EdMartin was a prominent member of the "Stop the Steal" movement. In a speech at the Capitol on Jan 5, 2021, he called on "die-hard true Americans" to work until their "last breath" to "stop the steal."

On #Jan6, Martin tweeted that he was "at the Capitol" & said the crowd was rowdy "but nothing out of hand," & he then tweeted, “Like Mardi Gras in DC today: love, faith and joy.”

A *#conservative* activist who has been on the board of a group supporting #Jan6 defendants has been named interim #USAttorney for Washington, #DC, the position that has overseen the hundreds of cases brought in the Capitol siege investigation.

#EdMartin will be the interim chief, #Trump #DOJ official Chad Gilmartin told NBCNews.

Most of the [#ProudBoys & the #OathKeepers] defendants were convicted on #sedition charges & were serving #prison terms of up to 18 years. Under the #commutations, their sentences will be reduced to time served.

The most prominent defendant convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy charges…was #EnriqueTarrio, the fmr leader of the ProudBoys, …[he received a full pardon, not simply a commutation, from #Trump].

Here is a copy of #Trump’s proclamation granting #pardons & #clemency to #Jan6 #insurgents.

https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/03e3cc0f9ad2d5fb/df66b9c8-full.pdf

A representative for #EnriqueTarrio, the pardoned former leader of the #ProudBoys, says he has been RELEASED from a federal prison in Louisiana & is expected to return to Miami, his hometown, on Tuesday afternoon.

By including #EnriqueTarrio, the former leader of the #ProudBoys, in his extraordinary #pardons for the events of #Jan6, 2021, Trump granted clemency on to a man whom prosecutors have described as a savvy, street-fighting #extremist who helped his compatriots in “Trump’s army” initiate an assault on the Capitol.

Until the #pardons were issued, Tarrio, 42, was serving a 22-yr prison term after being convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy & other felonies for his role….

#law
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/20/us/trump-executive-orders/enrique-tarrio-proud-boys-pardon-jan-6?smid=url-share

That means that all those prosecuted by the #DOJ, from the plotters imprisoned for #SeditiousConspiracy & #felons convicted of assaulting police officers to those who merely trespassed on the restricted grounds on #Jan6, 2021, will soon be released from incarceration, if they were still in federal custody.

And #Trump ordered his AG to make sure that those who are “currently held in prison are released immediately.”

“We hope they come out tonight, frankly,” Trump said.

#Trump, from the Oval Office, has signed what he described as “full pardons” for about 1,500 #Jan6 defendants. He said he also signed commutations of sentences for 6 defendants but did not say who they were.

#criminal #law #democracy #insurrection #SeditiousConspiracy #judiciary
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-pardons-jan-6.html?smid=url-share

The 2 #ProudBoys were convicted alongside 3 other co-defendants in 2023 for multiple felonies.

It's not clear if #Trump will pardon the leaders of the Proud Boys who were #convicted on #SeditiousConspiracy charges for their roles in the #Jan6 Capitol attack though he has alleged throughout his remarks that those prosecuted for breaching the Capitol on Jan 6 were politically persecuted.