About 1,500 people pardoned and 14 sentences commuted, all at once

The January 6 Proclamation

a.k.a. “Day One”

Within hours of taking the oath, the President pardoned roughly 1,500 people charged over the January 6 attack on the Capitol, including people convicted of assaulting police officers. He commuted the sentences of 14 more, leaders and members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. That makes it the largest single act of clemency on the ledger.

Rap sheet

Covered: Offenses related to the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol [1]
People: About 1,500 pardoned; 14 commutations [2]
Notables: Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio (22-year sentence) got a full pardon. Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes (18 years) got a commutation. [2]
Granted: Proclamation signed January 20, 2025 [1]

The receipt

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Wiped off the books

Prosecutions and sentences [1][2] About 1,500 of them

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Gold is money that was reportedly spent near the President’s orbit. Red is what the grant wiped away. We list what was reported and when. We don’t claim one caused the other. How we count.

Timeline

January 6, 2021 The crime The Capitol is attacked while Congress certifies the 2020 election. [2]
January 20, 2025 The pardon Proclamation signed on Inauguration Day. It calls the prosecutions “a grave national injustice.” [1][3]
March 2025 Meanwhile Jake Lang, a pardoned January 6 defendant who had never been tried, announces a run for the U.S. Senate in Florida. [4]

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Photo: Seminole County Jail · Public domain
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Photo: Elvert Barnes · CC BY 2.0

“a grave national injustice”

The proclamation’s description of the prosecutions [3]

Detective’s notes

Commentary

Nobody paid for this one. It was a campaign promise, delivered on the first afternoon.

It also polls terribly. A Washington Post/Ipsos survey found 83% opposed clemency for violent January 6 offenders.

Sources

Granting pardons and commutation of sentences for certain offenses relating to the events at or near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 The White House · January 20, 2025
List of people granted executive clemency in the second Trump presidency Wikipedia
Trump grants clemency to all charged over January 6 Al Jazeera · January 21, 2025
He fought officers in front of the Capitol. Now he wants to work there as U.S. senator Florida Phoenix · March 15, 2025
Washington Post/Ipsos poll on January 6 pardons The Hill