Jan 6. rioter cuts off ankle monitor the moment Trump pardons him.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : 'I'm not charged with violence, I didn't hurt anybody, I didn't destroy property - so, therefore, yes, it's very accurate what he did today in giving us that full pardon.'Garcia, a former Proud Boy, was sentenced to a year in prison after he filmed himself inside the Capitol as he taunted then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to 'come out and play.'Ethan Nordean, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison after being convicted of seditious conspiracy over his role in the Capitol riot was also pardoned by Trump.
44% : Trump supporters gathered late Monday in the cold outside the Washington jail, where more than a dozen defendants were being held before the pardons.
33% : One of the January 6 rioters pardoned by Donald Trump celebrated the president's move by immediately cutting off his ankle monitor.
30% : Trump said the pardons will end 'a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people over the last four years' and begin 'a process of national reconciliation.'The pardons were met with elation from Trump supporters and lawyers for the Jan. 6 defendants.
29% : Trump has pardoned, commuted the prison sentences or vowed to dismiss the cases of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, including people convicted of assaulting police officers, using his clemency powers on his first day back in office to undo the massive prosecution of the unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy.
23% : The Capitol riot left more than 100 police officers injured as the angry mob of Trump supporters -- some armed with poles, bats and bear spray -- overwhelmed law enforcement, shattered windows and sent lawmakers and aides running into hiding.
22% : Garcia, a former Proud Boy, was sentenced to a year in prison after he filmed himself inside the Capitol as he taunted then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to 'come out and play'Peter Schwartz, A Kentucky resident sentenced to 14 years in prison for felony assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers, celebrated his pardon by going to Eat N OutCasting the rioters as 'patriots' and 'hostages,' Trump has claimed the January 6 rioters were unfairly treated by the Justice DepartmentWhile pardons were expected, the speed and the scope of the clemency amounted to a stunning dismantling of the Justice Department's effort to hold participants accountable over what has been described as one of the darkest days in the country's history.Casting the rioters as 'patriots' and 'hostages,' Trump has claimed they were unfairly treated by the Justice Department, which also charged him with federal crimes in two cases he contends were politically motivated.

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