Mass Pardons on January 6: How Untried Rioters Were Cleared and Restitution Erased

This segment breaks down the sweeping mass clemency that pardoned more than 1,500 January 6 rioters at once, freeing some from long prison terms while also absolving people who had never been tried, arrested, or faced a jury of their peers, and even halting restitution payments so completely that some rioters who had already paid have successfully demanded their money back from taxpayers. #January6​