Former federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou says those pardoned by President Trump for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack have "never been more dangerous."

In an essay published Friday by The New York Times, Ballou urged local officials to protect immigrants and other groups that he thinks the defendants might go after first.

“While some convicted rioters seem genuinely remorseful, and others appear simply ready to put politics behind them, many others are emboldened by the termination of what they see as unjust prosecutions," he wrote.

"Freed by the president, they have never been more dangerous,” the ex-prosecutor added.

Ballou, who resigned from the Justice........

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