Donald Trump supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol four years ago will begin to leave prison on Tuesday, after the newly installed president issued a sweeping pardon that signaled he intends to make aggressive use of his executive power.

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned and commuted the sentences of his supporters in connection with the Jan.

On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump said he was pardoning about 1,500 of his supporters charged in the 2021 attack on the Capitol.

President-elect Donald Trump is set to take the Oath of Office in minutes. For this year’s inauguration, officials have announced it will be moved inside the United States Capitol Rotunda due to the cold.

By Sarah N. Lynch, Nathan Layne and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned about 1,500 people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a sweeping gesture of support to the people who assaulted police as they tried to prevent lawmakers from certifying his 2020 election defeat.

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned nearly all the rioters charged in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, wiping away criminal accountability and going further than some of his allies in Congress had suggested.

Here are some of the most high-profile defendants to receive pardons or sentence commutations. Tarrio, the former chairman of the far-right Proud Boys, received a full pardon from Trump. Tarrio was convicted of crimes including seditious conspiracy for his role in planning the Capitol riot that sought to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's election defeat of Trump in 2020.