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

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : James Lee Bright, an attorney for Rhodes, said over text that they are "deeply thankful" to Trump and his team for the sentence commutation but ultimately believe the Oath Keepers founder will later be pardoned or successful in his appeal of the sedition conviction.
58% : Nayib Hassan, Tarrio's attorney, thanked Trump for pardoning the Proud Boys leader in his "legally complex but politically charged" case.
57% : Trump said Monday he believed the supporters of Jan. 6 rioters would be pleased with his clemency decisions, describing them as "hostages" who "for the most part ... didn't do stuff wrong." "You'll be happy because, you know, it's action, not words that count," he said.
32% : 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.
28% : 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.
22% : Trump also ordered his Justice Department to take steps to throw out all pending indictments against Jan. 6 defendants whose cases have not yet been fully adjudicated -- a decision that would shut down roughly 470 ongoing cases.
20% : Trump long vowed to grant clemency to those who descended on the Capitol as Congress certified the 2020 election win of his Democratic opponent, former President Biden, describing them on the campaign trail as "political prisoners.

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