Read President Trump’s Proclamation Granting Clemency to Jan. 6 Rioters

This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated
upon the American people over the last four years and begins a process of
national reconciliation.
Acting pursuant to the grant of authority in Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution
of the United States, I do hereby:
(a) commute the sentences of the following individuals convicted of offenses
related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6,
2021, to time served as of January 20, 2025:
Stewart Rhodes
⚫ Kelly Meggs
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Kenneth Harrelson
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Thomas Caldwell
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Jessica Watkins
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• Roberto Minuta
Edward Vallejo
David Moerschel
⚫ Joseph Hackett
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Ethan Nordean
Joseph Biggs
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Zachary Rehl
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Dominic Pezzola
Jeremy Bertino
(b) grant a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted
of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on
January 6, 2021;
The Attorney General shall administer and effectuate the immediate issuance of
certificates of pardon to all individuals described in section (b) above, and shall
ensure that all individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or
near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, who are currently held in prison
are released immediately. The Bureau of Prisons shall immediately implement all
instructions from the Department of Justice regarding this directive.
I further direct the Attorney General to pursue dismissal with prejudice to the
government of all pending indictments against individuals for their conduct related
to the events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. The Bureau of
Prisons shall immediately implement all instructions from the Department of Justice
regarding this directive.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.