One Trump voter told NPR he supported pardons related to the Capitol attack, but has a tougher time reconciling pardons for rioters who were violent with police.

The first 24 hours of Donald Trump’s second term reflected what his supporters hoped for and his detractors feared: a willingness to follow through on some of his most radical and divisive ideas. That much was clear Monday night,

Republican senators struggled to defend Donald Trump’s decision to commute and pardon hundreds of January 6 protesters including those who were charged and convicted of crimes against police officers,

President Donald Trump on his first full day in office Tuesday defended his decision to grant clemency to people convicted of assaulting police officers during the 2021 attack on the Capitol and suggested there could be a place in U.

The pardons came via executive order that commuted the sentences of 14 high-profile Jan. 6 convicts, none of whom were from New Jersey, and granted the rest — well over 1,500 people — a “full, complete and unconditional pardon,” or dismissal of their pending case. The order also frees anyone in prison for a Jan. 6 crime.

January 21, 2025. Donald Trump's pardon of more than 1,500 of his supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol four

Many Republicans on Capitol Hill do not agree with President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon and commute sentences for more than 1,500 people charged with crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the