He issued formal pardons to more than 1,550 rioters charged with a wide range of crimes and commuted the sentences of 14 members of far-right groups.
Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio, who received some of longest sentences for the US Capitol attack, freed from prison.
Stewart Rhodes, the former head of the Oath Keepers militia, was among Jan. 6 inmates freed under President Trump's pardons and commutations.
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio were released from prison on Tuesday, this coming after President Trump granted pardons to more than 1,
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who graduated from UNLV and was involved in the 2014 Bundy ranch standoff, had his 18-year prison sentence commuted by Donald Trump.
Former Proud Boys extremist group leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes have been released from prison after their lengthy sentences for seditious conspiracy convictions in the Jan.
Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in May 2023 after a jury found him guilty of conspiring to stop the transfer of power and other charges. In September 2023, Tarrio, who asked Trump for a full pardon on the fourth anniversary of the insurrection, was sentenced to 22 years.
Chris Hayes says Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 rioters, including those who beat police officers, is the culmination of yearslong attack on American democracy
Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio were among the most prominent January 6 defendants had received some of the harshest punishments.
Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes leave prison after Trump commuted their Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy sentences.
Leaders of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys called for prosecutions of police, prosecutors and members of a congressional committee.