President-elect Trump is expected to make good on his promises to pardon at least some Jan. 6 rioters on Monday once he assumes the presidency and kicks off his second term in the White House.

Though Trump and his top deputies have kept it vague on which rioters he intends to grant clemency, they’ve insisted he plans to take a "case-by-case" approach to reviewing the files of nearly 1,600 defendants accused of storming the Capitol while Congress certified the presidential election win of his Democratic opponent, President Biden, in 2020.

The rioters, whom Trump has claimed are “political prisoners,” span nonviolent misdemeanor offenders to extremist group leaders convicted of plotting to forcibly oppose the government’s authority.

Here’s what to know about the potential pardons to come.

Who could be pardoned?

Presidents are granted broad authority to issue pardons and other clemency, meaning that Trump faces little restriction in issuing pardons to his supporters who played a role in the Capitol attack.

Though Jan. 6 defendants who only faced misdemeanor charges are the likeliest recipients of a pardon, the Justice Department has not stated exactly how many of those defendants exist. Somewhat clarifying is the DOJ’s statistic that 682 of the 1,009 people who have pleaded guilty only pleaded out to misdemeanors.

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