Former Proud Boys leader, Oath Keepers founder out of jail despite roles in January 6 riot

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : The Oath Keepers are anti-government extremists.
44% : "Trump made rewriting the history of the Jan. 6 attack a centerpiece of his bid to return to the White House, and the pardon of the rioters fulfills a campaign pledge to free defendants he contends were politically persecuted by the Justice Department," the AP notes.
43% : On Monday, Donald Trump, shortly after being sworn in for his second term as president, issued an order that granted pardons, commutation of sentences, or dismissal of charges to more than 1,500 people who rioted at the Capitol to stop the certification of Joe Biden's election as president.
38% : Tarrio and Rhodes had received two of the longest sentences of all the insurrectionists, whom Trump described as heroes and political prisoners.
35% : Collins told Newsweek that while "some Americans were caught up in the crowd on January 6 and may well deserve the clemency President Trump has given ...
30% : Jessica Watkins, a transgender woman and former Oath Keepers member who participated in the insurrection, saw her sentence commuted by Trump.
16% : They also have targeted Haitian immigrants in Ohio, who were falsely accused by Trump of eating dogs and cats, and they have harassed other marginalized groups.

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