Trump commutes sentences of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders as he pardons over 1,000 January 6 US Capitol rioters

The president's actions are an outrageous insult to our justice system and the heroes who suffered physical scars and emotional trauma as they protected the Capitol, the Congress and the Constitution,

Pelosi said

I GOT A PARDON BABY! THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!

said Chansley

And I've been betrayed by those that supported Donald Trump,

Fanone told CNN

Marjorie Taylor Greenerepresentative

God bless President Trump!!!

said far-right Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene

Thom Tillissenator

I saw an image today in my news clippings of the people who were crushing that police officer. None of them should get a pardon,

Tillis told Reuters in a hallway interview

My brother died in vain. Everything he did to try to protect the country, to protect the Capitol - why did he bother?"

Sicknick said

The man who killed my brother is now president,

he told Reuters

It's redemption, but also vindication,

Rhodes told reporters outside the Washington D.C. jail, where a crowd of Trump supporters waited for more prisoners to be released

President Trump campaigned on this promise,

she said on Fox News

I didn't see anyone get hurt,

he said

Taking a pardon would be taking a part of what January 6 has been trying to do, which is rewrite history. [To say] that [the Capitol riot] was a peaceful protest and the DOJ was weaponized against them. And I'm not going to play a part of that,

Hemphill said Tuesday

Johnatakis was not just any rioter: he led, organized, and encouraged the assault of officers at the U.S. Capitol on January 6,

prosecutors said

My immediate reaction was just shock and relief and happy tears,

Deluca said

To say I assaulted [the police officers] does disservice to the word assault,

Johnatakis said Tuesday

As soon as Donald Trump got elected, everybody knew that we were getting out,

he recalled

I'm thankful for promises that were made, promises that were kept,

Isabella Maria DeLuca, a 24-year-old social media influencer charged in the Capitol attack, told Newsweek on Tuesday

Not one single person hasn't been supportive of us,

he said

My licenses have all lapsed, so am I going to go back to septic? I have no idea,

he said

The courts have a sentencing guideline. Some [defendants] have even gotten lesser sentences than the prosecutors recommended. Some got what they were recommended, but it's all been under the law,

she said

My first acts as your next President will be to Close the Border, DRILL, BABY, DRILL, and Free January 6 Hostages being wrongfully imprisoned.”

Writing on his Truth Social platform at the time, he vowed