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Trump Pardons 1,500 Jan 6 Defendants; Some Reoffend

6/5/2026

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  • Lawfare analysis found that President Donald Trump’s mass pardon of over 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants included at least five people who later committed serious crimes such as child sexual abuse and identified 97 pardoned supporters charged with offenses from grand larceny to plots against law-enforcement officials.
  • Andrew Paul Johnson, freed by the pardon, later received a life sentence for child molestation.
  • Zachary Alam was later convicted of felony grand larceny.