Presidential pardons for January 6 rioters

President-elect Trump has promised pardons or commutations
in the first hour of his presidency for people convicted for the
January 6 Capitol siege, raising alarm among legal experts


FEDERAL CHARGES FOR CAPITOL SIEGE

Convicted: 1,270
Guilty plea 1,009
Conviction by jury 221
Guilty by stipulated trial 40
Charged 1,583

667 Jailed
608 Assaulting or impeding law enforcement
180 Entering restricted area with weapon
174 Assault using deadly or dangerous weapon 
91 Destruction of Government property 
68 Theft of Government property 
18 Seditious conspiracy


PRESIDENTS’ CLEMENCY RECORDS

Terms in office	Pardon	Commute	Remission
Biden		65	*1,671
*Not including commutations still pending
Trump		144 	94
Obama		212	1,715
Bush		189	11
Clinton		396	61 	2
Bush		74	3
Reagan		393	13
Carter		534	29 	3
Ford		382	22 	5
Nixon		863	60 	3
Johnson		960	226 	1
Kennedy		472	100 	3
Eisenhower	1,110 	47
Truman		1,913	118 	13

0 500 1000 1500 2000

Pardon: Conviction
struck from records

Commute: Substitution
of lesser sentence

Remission: Reduction
or cancellation
of prison sentence


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