Four years after they raided the Capitol and assaulted police officers, a group of some of the most violent Jan. 6 rioters are now free men.
Former Proud Boys extremist group leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes have been released from prison after their lengthy sentences for seditious conspiracy convictions in the Jan.
Stewart Rhodes, the former head of the Oath Keepers militia, was among Jan. 6 inmates freed under President Trump's pardons and commutations.
The founder of the right-wing 'Oath Keepers' militia, who himself was recently had his 18-year- prison sentence commuted, appeared outside of D.C.'s Central Det
He issued formal pardons to more than 1,550 rioters charged with a wide range of crimes and commuted the sentences of 14 members of far-right groups.
Trump's actions were the latest step in his drive to overhaul Washington and erase the work of President Joe Biden's administration.
President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.
The far-right Oath Keepers extremist group founder serving 18 years for the Capitol riot visited Capitol Hill after President Trump freed him.
Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes, fresh out of jail after President Donald Trump commuted his 18-year prison sentence for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, was spotted back at the scene of the crime Wednesday.
The return of battle-hardened leaders ... will further radicalize and fuel recruitment platforms,” said Jacob Ware, a Council on Foreign Relations research fellow.
Trump’s pardoning or commuting sentences of more than 1,500 Jan. 6 offenders has been received as a vindication, infusing extremist movements with new energy.