Pardoned Jan. 6 participants to go free on Trumps 1st day some already are – National [Video]

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a clemency order granting pardons to all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot and issuing sentence commutations to 14 others.

The Trump supporters began leaving prison on Tuesday after he used his clemency powers on his first day back in office to undo the massive prosecution of the unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy.

Trump’s pardon of the U.S. Capitol riot defendants drew outrage from lawmakers who were endangered and for some of the 140 police officers injured in the attack four years ago, when thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.

“I have been betrayed by my country,” Michael Fanone, a former officer with Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department who suffered severe injuries during the riot, told CNN on Monday after Trump’s announcement. “Tonight, six individuals who assaulted …