GRANTING PARDONS AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATING TO THE EVENTS AT OR NEAR THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021

GRANTING PARDONS AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATING TO THE EVENTS AT OR NEAR THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021​

January 20, 2025​

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
​

A PROCLAMATION

This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people over the last four years and begins a process of national reconciliation.

Acting pursuant to the grant of authority in Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution of the United States, I do hereby:

(a) commute the sentences of the following individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, to time served as of January 20, 2025:

• Stewart Rhodes
• Kelly Meggs
• Kenneth Harrelson
• Thomas Caldwell
• Jessica Watkins
• Roberto Minuta
• Edward Vallejo
• David Moerschel
• Joseph Hackett
• Ethan Nordean
• Joseph Biggs
• Zachary Rehl
• Dominic Pezzola
• Jeremy Bertino

(b) grant a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021;

The Attorney General shall administer and effectuate the immediate issuance of certificates of pardon to all individuals described in section (b) above, and shall ensure that all individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, who are currently held in prison are released immediately. The Bureau of Prisons shall immediately implement all instructions from the Department of Justice regarding this directive.

I further direct the Attorney General to pursue dismissal with prejudice to the government of all pending indictments against individuals for their conduct related to the events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. The Bureau of Prisons shall immediately implement all instructions from the Department of Justice regarding this directive.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this

twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.

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https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/

https://archive.ph/uFNNB

 

[Looney Troons]

I am licking my chops in anticipation of all of the seethe that is going to follow.

 

[Google.com]

All of Baked Alaska's work, all for nothing.

 

[Flaming Insignias]

What? I was told Trump would never do this because he didn't do it in 2021! Do you mean the people hating on Trump for not being the “Based Groyper President” they wanted were lying to me?

 

[Pentex]

Ray Epps! We comin' you, nigga sucka!

 

[Glowing In The Streets]

Did he cover everyone or is someone missing?
Are feds pardoned?
Are gunslinger feds pardoned?

Spoiler

say pardon 20 times very fast

 

[Strix454]

The oath-keepers like Stewart Rhodes didn't get pardons. They only got releases from prison.

 

[Maeis]

What? I was told Trump would never do this because he didn't do it in 2021! Do you mean the people hating on Trump for not being the “Based Groyper President” they wanted were lying to me?

I am curious why Trump actually didn't do this right before he was pushed out the door in 2021. Was it just that mass pardons wasn't a thing yet until Biden just did it?

 

[SBG]

Saw in one article it was like 70 or so that didn't get covered by the pardon. So seems like he was ready to go at covering vast majority.

 

[David Brown]

I was wrong. I didn't think he would do it. I acknowledge that I was wrong in my prediction that Trump wouldn't pardon any J6er. That is all.

 

[Strix454]

I am curious why Trump actually didn't do this right before he was pushed out the door in 2021. Was it just that mass pardons wasn't a thing yet until Biden just did it?

I don't think they expected the Biden people to go as hard as they did in the prosecution and sentences of this stuff. Given how protestors are usually treated, charges at most against a few people and light sentences would have been expected. But the justice department and the federal judges went all-in on everyone involved.

 

[frozen_runner]

I am curious why Trump actually didn't do this right before he was pushed out the door in 2021. Was it just that mass pardons wasn't a thing yet until Biden just did it?

He was advised not to, that they would bury him under the jail and ruin his life and never let him run for a second term.

Of course, they tried to do all that anyway.

 

[polakrobak99]

This nigga got out of a 22 years sentence, crazy.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Glowie Nick Fuentes lost today. His victims are now free.

 

[General Emílio Médici]

I am curious why Trump actually didn't do this right before he was pushed out the door in 2021. Was it just that mass pardons wasn't a thing yet until Biden just did it?

Because they had not been charged, and trying to push pardons like that would have been used by the witch hunt Jan 6th committee as "proof" he was trying to coup the USA.

 

[Flaming Insignias]

I am curious why Trump actually didn't do this right before he was pushed out the door in 2021. Was it just that mass pardons wasn't a thing yet until Biden just did it?

Generally speaking, it was a matter of timing. House Democrats forced through impeachment almost as soon as the Unauthorized Capital Tour had concluded, and Senator Turtle made clear he would press the Senate Republicans to convict if pardons were issued as it would be considered “proof” that Trump masterminded an “insurrection.” Since then, enough time has passed to expose the glow-ops involved at Jan 6 and make it far more comfortable to issue pardons now that it is clear that most of the supposed “insurrectionists” were simply protesters subject to cruel imprisonment for being within 500 meters of the Capitol that day.

 

[High-Fructose Corn Syrup]

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This nigga got out of a 22 years sentence, crazy.

What's crazy is that he was charged in the first place.

 

[JosephStalin]

I don't think they expected the Biden people to go as hard as they did in the prosecution and sentences of this stuff. Given how protestors are usually treated, charges at most against a few people and light sentences would have been expected. But the justice department and the federal judges went all-in on everyone involved.

These prosecutions/persecutions happened for only one reason - the protestors made Congress lose face in front of the American people. Who can forget the images of members of Congress hiding like whipped bitches when the American people came calling? When you lose face you can become overly vindictive, as Congress turned out to be.

Sadly, this whole thing could have been a measure of national reconciliation if even ONE member of Congress had displayed enough guts to come out and speak with their fellow Americans. Just ONE person with a heart and guts. But no, they hid like a bunch of scared sheep.

 

[WonderWino]

I am licking my chops in anticipation of all of the seethe that is going to follow.

It is going to cause enough hate, anger and seething to make emperor vitiate blush and fuel a thousand sith academies

 

[MirrorNoir]

I am curious why Trump actually didn't do this right before he was pushed out the door in 2021. Was it just that mass pardons wasn't a thing yet until Biden just did it?

McConnell basically threatened to fuck Trump in the ass and have the Senate GOP members vote in lockstep with the Democrats to impeach Trump if he dared try and pardon before he left office.