Riot revis­it­ed: Trump’s plan to par­don Jan. 6 defen­dants

Riot revisited: Trump’s plan to pardon Jan. 6 defendants

More than three years after the riot at the Capi­tol on Jan. 6, 2021, the Depart­ment of Jus­tice is con­tin­u­ing to pur­sue those who par­tic­i­pat­ed through hun­dreds of aggres­sive pros­e­cu­tions. That includes Don­ald Trump, whose polit­i­cal future and per­son­al free­dom may depend on whether a jury believes he is to blame for the vio­lence. But the inten­si­ty of the Biden DOJ’s crack­down on Jan. 6 offend­ers has stirred con­tro­ver­sy, drawn scruti­ny from the Supreme Court in Fisc …