About 50 people waited in freezing temperatures outside Washington DC jail for those pardoned over Capitol attack
Extremist supporters of Donald Trump who attacked the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 began leaving prison on Tuesday, after the newly installed president issued sweeping pardons shortly after being sworn in on Monday.
The Republican president’s pardon of 1,500 defendants on Monday drew outrage from lawmakers who were endangered in the attack, when thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent Congress from certifying his 2020 loss to Joe Biden.
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