President Donald Trump will pardon participants in the 2021 Capitol assault

United States President Donald Trump announced on Monday, January 20, 2025, that will sign pardon decrees for people convicted of participating in the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and described them as “hostages.”

“Tonight I am going to sign pardons for the hostages of January 6 so that they can leave“Trump said at a rally after his inauguration.”As soon as I leave, I will go to the Oval Office and sign pardons for a lot of people“added the president during the day, who hours later kept his word.

Almost 1,600 people have been charged for the assault on Congress. The Republican promised during his electoral campaign to pardon the assailants, whom he described as “hostages”, “patriots” and “political prisoners”.

With Trump the show returns. He had met with his followers at the Capital One Arena, a pavilion in Washington, where he attended a parade and gave a speech.

Among the signed decrees there are some of global significance, such as the withdrawal of the United States, for the second time, from the Paris Climate Agreementand others of domestic significance, such as the one prohibits federal officials from teleworking.

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Biden also gave pardons

These types of acquittals were not something strange on the day, since the outgoing Democrat In his final hours in office, Joe Biden granted preventive pardons to five family members, congressmen and officials, who are targeted by his successor.

Son “pardons for people who were very, very guilty of very serious crimes“, protested the tycoon and new president in a second speech. He was referring above all to members of the parliamentary investigation commission who have denounced his alleged role in the assault on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters on January 6, 2021.

Also on the list of those pardoned are the former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, the former architect of the strategy to combat Covid-19, Anthony Fauci; and former Republican parliamentarian Liz Cheney. In addition, police officers who testified before the investigative committee into the incidents at the Capitol were included.

“I believe in the rule of law and am optimistic that the strength of our legal institutions will eventually prevail over politics. But these are exceptional circumstances, and I cannot in good conscience do nothing“said Biden, 82, in a statement to justify the initiative.

“Alarmingly, Public officials have been subjected to continuous threats and intimidation for faithfully carrying out their duties.“wrote the Democrat.

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