Donald Trump decided to sign a decree that allowed around 1,500 people who were involved in the events of January 6, 2021 to go free. Upon leaving jail, one of the targets assured that he was arrested for being who he is “and not because of anything he has done.”
Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters, accused of the invasion of the Capitol four years ago, began to be released, after the now US President which pardons around 1,500 people.
From one prison in Washington DC alone, for example, more than 20 prisoners who were involved in the riot on January 6, 2021, were released on Tuesday.
Among those who walked free were members of far-right groups such as the ultranationalist organization ‘Proud Boys’.
Ex-convict says he feels “avenged”
Stewart Rhodes, former leader of the Oath Keepers group, was one of the convicts who walked free on Tuesday.
Upon leaving prison, Rhodes said he felt “vindicated and validated” by the decision of Donald Trump, who signed a decree, right in the who forgave his supporters who did not accept Joe Biden’s victory in 2020, and therefore invaded the Capitol.
The former leader of the far-right group complained of being targeted because of who he is “and not because of anything he did.”
Rhodes was serving an 18-year sentence after being found guilty of conspiring to use force to prevent the US Congress from certifying Trump’s presidential defeat.
The North American President’s decision came hours after around 50 members of the ultranationalist organization ‘Proud Boys’ marched through the streets of Washington demanding that Trump pardon its members arrested due to the attack on the Capitol.
“This is for January 6th, for the hostages, about 1,500 people who will be completely pardoned,” Trump said, signing the decree in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday, adding that the pardon will include sentence commutations. .
