A number of New Yorkers were among the roughly 1,500 accused or convicted of roles in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol received pardons from President Donald Trump on the first day of his second administration Monday.
The individuals pardoned by Trump were part of an angry mob that stormed the Capitol that day four years ago in an effort to interrupt the Congressional certification of the 2020 presidential election, which Trump had lost to Joe Biden. Hundreds of Capitol police officers were injured in the uprising, and members of Congress — including then-Vice President Mike Pence — were sent into hiding in fear of their lives. The riot delayed, but ultimately did not stop, the election’s certification, which concluded early the following morning.
