Two former New York City police officers and members of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers were among the nearly 1,600 who received an extraordinary legal reprieve.
Two former New York City police officers and members of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers were among the nearly 1,600 who received an extraordinary legal reprieve.
Two former New York City police officers and members of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers were among the nearly 1,600 who received an extraordinary legal reprieve.
Two former New York City police officers. Members of the far-right groups the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. A man who publicly challenged law enforcement authorities to arrest him.
They were among nearly 1,600 criminal defendants who received an extraordinary legal reprieve on Monday when President Trump pardoned or commuted the prison sentences of almost everyone charged with taking part in the riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The sweeping action, according to a White House 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.”
Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, scoffed at that characterization in a statement on Tuesday. Those who “invaded the Capitol” should not have been pardoned “whether they committed violence or not,” Mr. Schumer, the Senate minority leader, said.
“Donald Trump is ushering in a Golden Age for people that break the law and attempt to overthrow the government,” he added.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, without addressing the pardons explicitly, said the officers who defended the Capitol had done “heroic work” defending “the very foundation of our democracy.”