Granting Pardons and Commutation of Sentences for Certain Offenses Relating to the Events at or Near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021
Proclamation
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January 29, 2025
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Document 2025-01950
Summary
On January 20, 2025, the President of the United States issued Proclamation 10887, granting pardons and commuting sentences for individuals convicted of offenses related to the January 6, 2021, events at the U.S. Capitol. This action, which aims to initiate national reconciliation, includes commuting sentences to time served for 14 named individuals and granting unconditional pardons to others involved. The move carries significant legal and political implications, as it overturns prior convictions and may spark intense debate over accountability and justice related to the events of that day.
Full Text
[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 29, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8331-8332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01950]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 18 / Wednesday, January 29, 2025 /
Presidential Documents
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Proclamation 10887 of January 20, 2025
Granting Pardons and Commutation of Sentences for
Certain Offenses Relating to the Events at or Near the
United States Capitol on January 6, 2021
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that
has been perpetrated upon the American people over the
last four years and begins a process of national
reconciliation.
Acting pursuant to the grant of authority in Article
II, Section 2, of the Constitution of the United
States, I do hereby:
(a) commute the sentences of the following
individuals convicted of offenses related to events
that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on
January 6, 2021, to time served as of January 20, 2025:
Stewart Rhodes
Kelly Meggs
Kenneth Harrelson
Thomas Caldwell
Jessica Watkins
Roberto Minuta
Edward Vallejo
David Moerschel
Joseph Hackett
Ethan Nordean
Joseph Biggs
Zachary Rehl
Dominic Pezzola
Jeremy Bertino
(b) grant a full, complete and unconditional pardon
to all other individuals convicted of offenses related
to events that occurred at or near the United States
Capitol on January 6, 2021;
The Attorney General shall administer and effectuate
the immediate issuance of certificates of pardon to all
individuals described in section (b) above, and shall
ensure that all individuals convicted of offenses
related to events that occurred at or near the United
States Capitol on January 6, 2021, who are currently
held in prison are released immediately. The Bureau of
Prisons shall immediately implement all instructions
from the Department of Justice regarding this
directive.
I further direct the Attorney General to pursue
dismissal with prejudice to the government of all
pending indictments against individuals for their
conduct related to the events at or near the United
States Capitol on January 6, 2021. The Bureau of
Prisons shall immediately implement all instructions
from the Department of Justice regarding this
directive.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
ninth.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 2025-01950
Filed 1-28-25; 8:45 am]
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