“One was arrested after allegedly threatening a person with a gun in a church parking lot. Another was convicted of felony charges of grand larceny and burglary. Still another was convicted of child molestation.
At least 97 of the nearly 1,600 people who were charged in connection with the Capitol riot have been accused of new crimes since Jan. 6, 2021, according to a study released on Thursday from Lawfare, the nonprofit legal issues publication.
The figure, which is larger than previously known, includes 19 cases that happened after Mr. Trump granted clemency to Jan. 6 defendants on the first day of his second term, according to the study’s author. The rest of the cases happened in the years after the riot.”
—The New York Times article, Granted Clemency by Trump, Scores of Jan. 6 Rioters Have Been Accused of New Crimes
These are the same people Trump wanted to reward with his $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund.