Factbox-High-profile defendants on January 6 to receive clemency from Trump Via Reuters

By Sarah N. Lynch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Monday issued a major pardon, pardoning all of the more than 1,500 defendants who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 and granting commutations to those some 14.

Here are the high-profile defendants to receive pardons or commutations.

HENRY ‘ENRIQUE’ TARRIO

Tarrio, the former chairman of the Proud Boys, received a full pardon from Trump.

Tarrio was convicted of crimes including conspiracy to commit treason for his role in planning a Capitol riot that sought to block Congress from ensuring President Joe Biden’s 2020 re-election to Trump. .

He was sentenced to 22 years in prison – the longest sentence for any defendant on January 6.

Unlike his co-defendants in the case, Tarrio was not in Washington, DC on the day of the Capitol attack.

JOSEPH BIGGS, ZACHARY REHL, ETHAN NORDEAN AND DOMINIC PEZZOLA

Biggs, Rehl and Nordean all played leading roles in the Proud Boys and were charged along with Tarrio for treasonous conspiracy and other crimes.

The trio received some of the longest prison terms given to the Jan. 6 defendants: Nordean, 18, Biggs, 17, and Rehl, 15.

Pezzola, who was accused of beating former Capitol Police Officer Mark Ode by stealing his riot shield and using it to smash a window in the Capitol, was sentenced to 10 years. He was the only defendant in the trial when he was not in the leadership of the Proud Boys.

Trump reversed their sentences.

ELMER STEWART Rhodes

Rhodes is the founder of the Oath Keepers warrior group. He was charged with treasonable conspiracy.

Rhodes did not enter the US Capitol on January 6, but was found guilty of conspiring to use force against Congress to prevent the certification of elections. He was also accused of helping to collect ammunition at a hotel near Virginia that could be shipped across the river to Washington.

Rhodes did not regret his sentence and vowed to “expose the criminality of this regime” in his prison cell. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Trump reversed his sentence.

KELLY MEGGS

Meggs was the leader of the Oath Keepers chapter from Florida who was charged with conspiracy and other crimes. His wife Connie was also charged and later convicted in a separate trial for her role in the Capitol attack.

Trump on Monday commuted Kelly Meggs’ 12-year sentence. His wife, like other defendants in Jan. 6, he received a pardon.

KENNETH HARRELSON, JESSICA WATKINS AND THOMAS CALDWELL

Fellow Oath Keepers Harrelson, Watkins and Caldwell went on trial along with Rhodes and Kelly Meggs on felony charges of conspiracy to commit treason.

The court acquitted them of that charge, but convicted them of many other crimes. Trump commuted the sentences of all three on Monday.

Watkins, a transgender woman who spoke openly during her trial about the struggles she faced while serving in the military, was sentenced to 8.5 years, while Harrelson was sentenced to no.

Caldwell, who was not an official member of the Oath Keepers, was convicted earlier this month of one count of tampering with evidence.

His obstruction of justice conviction was overturned following a US Supreme Court decision that limited the way the law can be used to prosecute defendants.

ROBERTO MINUTA, EDWARD VALLEJO, JOSEPH HACKETT AND DAVID MOERSCHEL

Minuta, Vallejo, Hackett and Moerschel were a group of Oath Keepers who were tried and convicted in a separate trial from Rhodes on conspiracy charges.

Hackett was sentenced to 42 months while Moerschel received three years. Meanwhile, Minuta was sentenced to 4-1/2 years and Vallejo received three.

Trump reversed their judgments.