US President Donald Trump has issued pardons or commutations for more than 1,500 people convicted or charged in connection with the US Capitol riot four years ago. Trump also signed an order directing the Department of Justice to drop all pending cases against suspects accused in the riot. The executive action came shortly after Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the US inside the Capitol, which was stormed by his supporters on 6 January 2021 as lawmakers met to certify Joe Biden’s election victory. During a signing ceremony in the Oval Office on Monday evening, January 20 Trump displayed a list of the names of US Capitol riot defendants he said were receiving a pardon.”These are the hostages, approximately 1,500 for a pardon, full pardon,” Trump said. “This is a big one.” “These people have been destroyed,” he added. “What they’ve done to these people is outrageous. There’s rarely been anything like it in the history of our country.” The proclamation says that it “ends a…
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