Capitol Riot

President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon virtually every person charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was made at the last minute as the inauguration approached — and it surprised some of his supporters and aides. 

Waves of people imprisoned for crimes at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were released from D.C.’s jail to cheers late Tuesday after President Donald Trump pardoned them on his first day back in office.

Trump issued “a full, complete and unconditional pardon” to people punished for their involvement in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including those who assaulted law enforcement officers.

“The fact that I have to do this, to try to afford my family some degree of protection, is outrageous,” Fanone said. “But we are in an age of government lawlessness.”

President Donald Trump’s pardon of Jan. 6 defendants includes 11 Connecticut residents.

Some Republicans on Capitol Hill were particularly critical of the pardons for those convicted of assaulting police officers, while others declined to defend Trump’s move.

President Donald Trump’s pardon of Jan. 6 defendants includes 11 Connecticut residents. NBC Connecticut confirmed with the Federal Bureau of Prisons that Patrick McCaughey, of Ridgefield, was no longer in custody Tuesday. He was serving a 90-month sentence for assaulting Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Wolcott resident Richard Markey was one month…

The newly freed founder of the anti-government group the Oath Keepers stood outside the D.C. jail early Tuesday, awaiting the release of Jan. 6 defendants after President Donald Trump issued sweeping pardons, including of people convicted of brutal assaults on officers at the U.S. Capitol.

Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys chairman from Miami who was serving 22 years in federal prison after he was convicted of seditious conspiracy in relation to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, was among the defendants in the riot who had their sentences pardoned or commuted by President Donald Trump on Monday.

President Donald Trump said he was issuing roughly 1,500 pardons in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons Monday morning for Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley and committee members that investigated the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.

A Waterford man who was charged in connection with the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 has pleaded not guilty and his case has been continued until March. James Roe Cleary, 56, was charged in October with a felony offense of obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder. He was also charged with misdemeanor offenses of…

Some lawmakers emotionally recalled the violence. Others said they’d rather move on. And some said it wasn’t violent at all.

January 6 is etched in history for the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Here are some other notable events that previously took place on the date.

Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys chairman who is serving 22 years in federal prison after he was convicted of seditious conspiracy in relation to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, is asking President-elect Donald Trump for a presidential pardon.

Four years after Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, security has been ramped up for Monday’s election certification.

Russell Taylor was invited by a former congressman to attend the inauguration after being accused of organizing a group of “fighters” to travel to D.C. for Jan. 6, 2021.

The FBI is releasing new information about a suspect who planted pipe bombs four years ago outside the offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees near the Capitol.

President Joe Biden on Thursday awarded the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson, leaders of the congressional investigation into the Capitol riot who Donald Trump has said should be jailed for their roles in the inquiry.

Shane Lamond was charged for tipping then-Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio off about the warrant out for his arrest in the leadup to the Capitol attack.