{"id":2394756,"date":"2025-01-24T11:28:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T16:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-last-minute-decision-was-responsible-for-mass-pardons-of-jan-6-prisoners-report\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T11:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T16:30:30","slug":"trumps-last-minute-decision-was-responsible-for-mass-pardons-of-jan-6-prisoners-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-last-minute-decision-was-responsible-for-mass-pardons-of-jan-6-prisoners-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Last-Minute Decision Was Responsible for Mass Pardons of Jan 6 Prisoners: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-last-minute-decision-was-responsible-for-mass-pardons-of-jan-6-prisoners-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2394756&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses \u200cPresident Donald \u200bTrump&#8217;s recent\u2063 decision to\u2063 issue \u200bpardons for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wimbledon-2023-just-stop-oil-protesters-storm-court-mid-match\/\" title=\"Wimbledon 2023: Oil protesters disrupt match\">individuals imprisoned<\/a>\u2063 in \u200dconnection with\u2063 the events of January 6, 2021. Reports\u200c suggest\u200d that Trump&#8217;s decision \u2062was \u2064impulsive,\u2063 described by insiders \u2062as a &#8220;rip-the-bandage-off decision&#8221; intended to help\u2062 the country move on. \u2062Trump \u200dinitially considered pardoning specific individuals\u2063 but ultimately opted to release\u200c around 1,500 people\u200c before \u2063his inauguration.\u200d Insiders indicated that there\u2062 was confusion on who shoudl be pardoned,leading\u2062 to Trump\u2019s \u2064remark about releasing\u2063 all of them. <\/p>\n<p>Critics \u2064argue that the subsequent prosecutions of those involved in \u200cthe Capitol \u200briot appeared \u2063politically \u2063motivated\u2062 rather than rooted in justice.\u200c The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-magazine-takes-chinese-cash-to-promote-controversial-drone-business\/\" title=\"Time Magazine Takes Chinese Cash To Promote Controversial Drone Business\">article highlights<\/a> the\u200b case of Enrique Tarrio, former leader of the Proud Boys, who received a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-takes-credit-for-saving-ken-paxton-from-impeachment-conviction\/\" title=\"Trump claims credit for &#039;saving&#039; Paxton from impeachment conviction.\">lengthy prison\u200d sentence<\/a> despite not\u2063 being present at the Capitol during the storming. it also mentions journalist Steve Baker, who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">faced charges related<\/a> to his reporting on the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 political reaction to \u200bTrump&#8217;s pardons has been polarized, with Democrats \u200bcriticizing the move while Trump remains \u2064indifferent to how it might \u200baffect his popularity. The article concludes by asserting that many \u200care fatigued\u200d by the ongoing focus on January 6 adn\u2062 believe it&#8217;s \u200btime to move forward.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>More information is coming out about President Donald Trump&rsquo;s decision to pardon those imprisoned after the events of Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/01\/22\/trump-pardons-jan6-clemency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a> reported Wednesday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mexico-president-calls-for-cool-heads-as-trump-effortlessly-sinks-peso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> made a &ldquo;rip-the-bandage-off decision&rdquo; in hopes of getting the country beyond the memory of that day.<\/p>\n<p>According to insiders who spoke to Axios, Trump flipped between pardoning specific individuals and the 1,500 he decided to release in the days before the inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>On advisor told Axios, &ldquo;Trump just said: &lsquo;F**k it: Release &rsquo;em all.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another advisor communicated the lack of clarity in trying to decide who was worthy of a pardon and who was not.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All the prosecutions are tainted,&rdquo; the advisor said.&nbsp;&ldquo;It&rsquo;s time to move on.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the months of prosecution following the Capitol incursion looked less like legitimate legal proceedings and more like a witch hunt against anyone sporting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/next-maga-hat-womens-sportswear-company-goes-viral-responding-transphobic-accusations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAGA hat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Former Proud Boys leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mike-huckabee-man-convicted-seditious-conspiracy-j6-wasnt-even-dc-now-look-jury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enrique Tarrio<\/a> received 22 years in prison despite not physically being at the Capitol that day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/jan-6-journalist-steve-baker-fights-back-tears-thanking-trump-for-ending-this-nightmare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blaze journalist Steve Baker<\/a> &mdash; then working independently &mdash; was arrested in March of last year and received four misdemeanor charges to which he pled guilty in November so he could &ldquo;avoid the shaming exercise of the trial,&rdquo; which was set for March of this year before his pardon.<\/p>\n<p>Baker reported on events that day and walked in the Capitol like so many others who were charged.<\/p>\n<p>As he put it, the justice system engaged in &ldquo;over-sentencing of people who did not do anything other than just walk through an open door at the Capitol on Jan. 6.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The left is predictably outraged over Trump&rsquo;s pardons, but he wasn&rsquo;t the only one exercising that power.<\/p>\n<p>Where Trump made a campaign promise to pardon the Jan. 6 prisoners, former President Joe Biden made a promise <em>not&nbsp;<\/em>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mind-boggling-backfire-pardoning-hunter-joe-biden-might-going-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pardon his son<\/a>, Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s a promise he broke while shielding corrupt officials like former Republican lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-biden-pardons-fauci-milley-effort-guard-potential-revenge-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liz Cheney<\/a> and Adam Kinzinger, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and General Mark Milley from the hand of justice with pardons.<\/p>\n<p>Trump isn&rsquo;t going to become any more popular with the left for his pardon of the 1,500, but who honestly cares? Jan. 6 is a dead horse that the legacy media and the Democrats have beat for four years.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is tired of that day being thrown in our faces as Democrats idiotically liken it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hakeem-jeffries-goes-off-deep-end-mike-johnson-elected-speaker-compares-jan-6-pearl-harbor-9-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pearl Harbor<\/a>&nbsp;or 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>It is time to move on.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Axios reported that Trump made a &#8220;rip-the-bandage-off decision&#8221; to help the nation move past that day. Insiders revealed that he wavered between pardoning certain people and the 1,500 he ultimately chose to release shortly before his inauguration. One advisor mentioned, &#8220;Trump just said: &#8216;F**k it: Release \u2019em all.'&#8221; Another advisor noted the confusion in determining who deserved a pardon. The advisor stated, \u201cAll the prosecutions are tainted; it\u2019s time to move on.\u201d The subsequent prosecutions appeared less like legitimate legal actions and more like a witch hunt against those associated with MAGA.<\/p>\n<p>Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio received a 22-year sentence despite not being present at the Capitol on that day. Journalist Steve Baker was arrested last March and faced four misdemeanor charges, pleading guilty in November to avoid trial humiliation before receiving his pardon. Baker reported on January 6 events and walked through an open door at the Capitol like many others charged; he criticized the justice system for excessively punishing individuals who merely entered.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump&#8217;s pardons have sparked outrage from some on the left, he&#8217;s not alone in exercising this power. Trump had promised during his campaign to pardon January 6 prisoners, while former President Joe Biden vowed not to grant clemency to his son Hunter Biden\u2014a promise he later broke while protecting figures like Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger from accountability through pardons.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s popularity among left-leaning individuals is unlikely to increase due to these pardons; however, many are fatigued by ongoing discussions about January 6 as Democrats continue drawing comparisons with significant historical events such as Pearl Harbor or September 11th. It&#8217;s time for society to move forward from this issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2394757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trump-Order.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36978,49152,49151,10703,3634],"class_list":["post-2394756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-january-6","tag-last-minute-decision","tag-mass-pardons","tag-prisoners","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trump-Order.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2394756"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2394760,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394756\/revisions\/2394760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2394757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2394756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2394756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2394756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}