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Trump commutes sentences of Jan. 6 extremist group leaders; Tarrio gets pardon

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21.01.2025

President Trump commuted the sentences of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders convicted of sedition in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack — but Enrique Tarrio, former national chair of the Proud Boys, received a full pardon.

Trump commuted the sentences of all Jan. 6 defendants convicted of plotting to forcibly halt the certification of the 2020 presidential election, including Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, to time served. He also commuted the sentences of other Proud Boys and Oath Keepers members who were leaders but acquitted them of sedition.

Tarrio, however, was granted a "full, complete and unconditional” pardon alongside roughly 1,500 other Jan. 6 defendants. He is currently serving a 22-year prison term — the longest handed down in connection with the Capitol attack........

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