Trump said on many occasions he would pardon the rioters, without offering specifics. In 2023, he said he was "inclined to pardon many of them," though not all. He added he likely would not pardon a few who "got out of control.

The idea that Trump has been emboldened by the Hunter Biden pardon, opening the door to the Republican handing pardons to Jan. 6 rioters, is preposterous.

Steve Baker, a writer for a conservative media outlet, pleaded guilty last Tuesday to Capitol riot-related misdemeanors after U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper refused to pause the case until after Trump takes office. However, Cooper acknowledged that the case may never reach the punishment stage given the possibility of pardons.

A man who ran for the congressional seat previously held by former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) taunted a federal judge’s decision to immediately send him to prison for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

A federal judge in Washington refused to let President-elect Donald Trump’s broad promise of pardons for people who stormed the US Capitol almost four years ago keep him from sending one of them to prison.

A federal judge appointed by former President Ronald Reagan said the public discourse about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and the cases against Donald Trump supporters prosecuted because they committed crimes in support of the once and future president had been distorted.