Donald Trump issued pardons for some protesters.
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The Health Ranger ReportAug 14, 2026
Multiple tier1 sources (Reuters, AP, BBC, NPR) confirm Trump issued sweeping Jan. 6 pardons in January 2025, covering roughly 1,500 people, and a separate tier1 source reports pardons of 23 pro-life FACE Act protesters.
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… who was saying the right things that were pro america: put America first, protect our freedoms, protect our freedom of speech, ah, prosecute Fauci, you know, prosecute those who stole the elections in 2020. And Trump did do a few things that were important. He issued pardons for some of the J six peaceful protesters, for example, and he pardoned Roger Stone, which I agree with, because Roger Stone was unjustifiably persecuted by the Democrats. …
The Health Ranger Report · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters reports Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people tied to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack, freeing hundreds of rioters from prison.[1]
Supports. AP and NPR report Trump's Jan. 6 pardons covered hundreds of defendants, including some who assaulted police officers.[2][3]
Supports. OSV News reports Trump pardoned 23 pro-life activists convicted under the FACE Act as protesters, signing the pardons Jan. 23, 2025.[4]
Context. Sources describe the Jan. 6 pardon recipients as including violent rioters, which contests the post's description of them as 'peaceful' but does not negate that protesters were pardoned.[2][3][5]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Trump's Jan 6 pardon frees hundreds of Capitol rioters ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Trump warns protesters who spit on police but pardoned violent riotersapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 3Trump gave pardons to hundreds of violent Jan. 6 rioters ... - NPRnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4Trump pardons 23 pro-life activists convicted of FACE Act violationsosvnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump ...houstonpublicmedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
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