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Hickenlooper, Colleagues Condemn Pardons of January 6th Rioters Who Assaulted Capitol Police Officers

Jan 27, 2025

Resolution comes after Trump pardons 1,500 Jan 6 insurrectionists, including 169 who pled guilty to assaulting police officers

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper, along with 46 of his Senate colleagues, introduced a resolution condemning President Trump’s pardons of January 6th rioters who were found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police Officers during the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

“It’s indefensible for President Trump to pardon violent offenders who attacked police officers on January 6. Five police officers are dead because of those rioters,” said Hickenlooper.

On the first day of his second term, President Trump granted full, complete, and unconditional pardons to over 1,500 people charged with committing crimes in the January 6, 2021 insurrection and to commute the sentences of 14 others, including leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, far-right militias.

Among those pardoned by Trump were 169 people who pled guilty to assaulting police officers on January 6th. In total, over 80 U.S. Capitol Police Officers and 60 D.C. Metropolitan Police officers were attacked. 

See full text of the resolution HERE.

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