The US president has swept away a decades-long effort to punish those who tried to interfere in the 2020 election.
The President of the United States Donald Trump will grant clemency to all those who accused him on January 6, 2021 at the US Capitol in one of his first acts in the Oval Office.
Briefly change over the years in the car to to punish those who are guilty for wanting to reverse the results of the 2020 election in the US, Mr. Trump on Monday pardoned about 1,500 people who followed him and commuted the sentence of 14 others.
“This announcement ends the great injustice that has been done to the American people over the past four years and begins a process of national reconciliation,” Trump said in an announcement posted on the White House website.
Trump's pardons flooded in for many of those convicted on January 6, including Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys. he was sentenced to 22 years in prison for treason.
The pardons also cleared the records of more than 700 people who had been convicted of crimes, such as felonies, and stopped hundreds of people awaiting trial.
Among the most prominent people to have their sentences commuted was Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers, who was on the right. he was sentenced to 18 years for treason, obstruction of government and tampering with documents and proceedings.
Asked if those who tortured police should be punished, Trump said they had been in prison “for a long time.”
“I see murderers in this country getting two years, one year and maybe no time. So they've already been in prison for a long time. These people are doomed,” Trump said, referring to their “horrible” treatment.
Although Trump promised to pardon many of those accused on January 6 during his re-election campaign, it was not clear how far he would go to grant clemency to those involved in the attack.
In an interview with Fox News last week, Vice President JD Vance said that only those who protested “peacefully” on January 6 should be pardoned.
“When you commit violence that day, you obviously don't deserve to be forgiven,” Vance said. “And there's a little gray area there.”
Trump's kindness drew criticism from Democrats and other opponents of the president.
“The President's actions are an affront to the justice system and to the heroes who faced the scars and heartache of protecting the Capitol, Congress and the Constitution,” former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a tweet on X.
“It is shameful that the President has decided to place one of his priorities on the abandonment and surrender of police officers who risk their lives to prevent attempts to disrupt a peaceful transfer of power.”
A total of 1,583 people were charged in the incident on January 6, when a group of Trump supporters tried to block the meeting of the US Congress to confirm the victory of the US President Joe Biden.
The rioters injured more than 140 police officers and destroyed about $2.8m in property, according to US prosecutors.
More than 1,200 people were found guilty, including about 250 people who were found guilty.
Of these people, more than 700 people were sentenced to prison.
Trump was also indicted in connection with the riots on January 6 until the US Department of Justice in November dismissed the case in accordance with its existing policy against impeachment of the President.