A Year After Pardons, Freed January 6 Prisoners Tell Their Stories

A Year After Pardons, Freed January 6 Prisoners Tell Their Stories

Illustration by The Epoch Times, Bobby Sanchez for The Epoch Times, Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times, Nathaniel Smith for The Epoch Times, Natasha Holt for The Epoch Times, Leo Shi/The Epoch Times

A year ago, President Donald Trump pardoned nearly 1,600 people for “offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.”

That decision to issue the blanket pardon, in one of his first official acts as the 47th president, ignited controversy. It covered not only people who strolled through open doors of the U.S. Capitol, unaware they were trespassing, but also rioters who damaged property and assaulted police.

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