President Trump took decisive action to pardon January 6 defendants who were unfairly targeted, overcharged, and used as political examples. They were not protected by the leaders who failed them. They were punished to cover incompetence.
On his first day back in office, January 20, 2025, President Trump issued sweeping blanket pardons and commutations for nearly 1,600 patriotic Americans prosecuted for their presence at the Capitol—many mere trespassers or peaceful protesters treated as insurrectionists by a weaponized Biden DOJ. He fully pardoned most, commuted sentences, and ordered immediate release of those still imprisoned, ending years of harsh solitary confinement, denied due process, and family separation for exercising their First Amendment rights.
Thousands of Americans paid the price for political failures they did not create.
Since January 6, 2021, Nancy Pelosi spent over 3 years and nearly $20 million in taxpayer funds on her partisan Select Committee, producing a scripted TV spectacle to fabricate an “insurrection” narrative and pin all blame on President Trump.
Video and audio recordings, including unaired HBO footage from her own daughter, show Nancy Pelosi repeatedly acknowledging responsibility for the catastrophic security failures—admitting “We have totally failed” and “I take full responsibility” for not having the National Guard pre-deployed, despite intelligence warnings and President Trump’s offers of troops that were ignored under her leadership as Speaker.
The Democrats masterfully reversed reality after January 6, branding peaceful patriotic protesters as “insurrectionists” and framing the event as a violent coup attempt orchestrated by Trump—despite no evidence of armed rebellion or intent to overthrow the government. In truth, it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by certifying a fraud-ridden election, ignoring widespread irregularities, and weaponizing federal agencies to hunt down dissenters, all while Pelosi’s own security lapses invited the chaos they later exploited to seize and consolidate power. This gaslighting narrative allowed them to persecute innocent Americans, silence opposition, and distract from their own role in undermining democracy.
President Trump corrected a historic wrong—freeing Americans who were unjustly punished and restoring fairness under the law.
With his triumphant return to the White House, President Trump wasted no time righting one of the darkest wrongs in modern American history. On Inauguration Day 2025, he issued sweeping pardons and commutations for the vast majority of January 6 defendants—patriotic citizens who had been viciously overcharged, denied due process, and held as political hostages by a vengeful regime.
These Americans, many guilty of nothing more than peacefully protesting a disputed election, were finally freed from years of cruel imprisonment, restored to their families, and exonerated. In one bold stroke, Trump ended the nightmare of weaponized justice and delivered long-overdue vindication to those betrayed by the very leaders sworn to protect them.
Unfortunately, these nine beautiful and courageous souls lost their lives—four on January 6 itself and five by their own hand while enduring merciless persecution—for the simple act of peacefully walking through the Capitol to protest a stolen election.
U.S. House Interim Report
December 17, 2024
The House Administration Subcommittee’s Interim Report, released in December 2024 under Chairman Barry Loudermilk, exposes critical security failures on January 6, 2021, that were largely due to politicized decisions by Democratic leadership and the Pentagon. It details how Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller dismissed President Trump’s January 3 directive to deploy any necessary military assets, including the National Guard, to ensure safety during the demonstrations, viewing it as non-binding. Instead, restrictions were imposed over concerns about “optics,” leading to delays in the Guard’s response despite urgent requests from Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund. The report also highlights Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy’s intentional delays and deceptive communications to congressional leaders, as evidenced by recovered HBO footage, which contributed to prolonged chaos at the Capitol while exonerating Trump from claims of inciting or planning violence.
The report strongly criticizes Nancy Pelosi’s Select Committee for its partisan composition, bias, and ethical violations, including coaching witnesses like Cassidy Hutchinson, whose testimony was contradicted by multiple Secret Service agents and White House staff in recovered transcripts. These documents refute Hutchinson’s fabricated claims about Trump, such as alleged assaults on agents or agreements with violent chants, and reveal Cheney’s unethical direct communications with her, including assistance in changing lawyers to influence testimony. The Select Committee is accused of deleting over one terabyte of data, failing to archive interviews as required by House Rules, and concealing footage where Pelosi admits responsibility for security lapses, such as not pre-deploying the National Guard despite intelligence warnings and Trump’s offers.
Further, the Interim Report uncovers cover-ups in related investigations, including the Department of Defense Inspector General’s flawed 2021 review, which omitted exonerating evidence of Trump’s safety directives, fabricated timelines, and unfairly blamed D.C. National Guard leadership without interviewing key witnesses. It points to bureaucratic interference and a lack of impartiality, with the DoD IG obstructing congressional oversight by denying access to unredacted materials. The report also notes the Select Committee’s failure to probe significant elements like the pre-assembled gallows on Capitol grounds, which went undetected for over 26 hours, and the disposal of evidence, underscoring a focus on tarnishing Trump rather than addressing systemic failures.
In its broader implications, the report affirms that the events of January 6 were exacerbated by Democratic-led politicization of security and intelligence, while supporting Trump and his supporters by disproving key narratives used against them. It calls for reforms to restore accountability and transparency, highlighting how the Select Committee’s predetermined outcome and destruction of evidence have deepened public distrust in Washington institutions. Overall, the findings portray January 6 not as a Trump-orchestrated insurrection, but as a tragedy enabled by leadership failures under Pelosi’s watch.
“The sole purpose of the Select Committee was to prevent President Trump from seeking reelection to the White House.” — Interim Report, p. 9
“Speaker Pelosi knew that the best pathway to stop President Trump from returning to the White House was if the Select Committee could craft a narrative compelling enough to convince the Department of Justice and the judicial system, along with the American public, that President Trump was an ‘insurrectionist.’” — Interim Report, p. 10
“The politicization of Capitol security directly contributed to the many structural and procedural failures witnessed that day.” — Interim Report, p. 9
“The failures, coverups and false accusations in the aftermath of January 6 have only increased the people’s distrust of Washington D.C.” — Interim Report, p. 2
“The Select Committee violated House Rules, deleted documents in the final days of the 117th Congress, and had a predetermined, partisan outcome it was committed to convey—regardless of the facts.” — Interim Report, p. 51
“We have responsibility Terri. We did not have any accountability for what was going on there; and we should have. This is ridiculous. You’re going to ask me in the middle of the thing [Joint Session of Congress], when they’ve already breached the inaugural stuff that should we call Capitol Police? I mean, the National Guard. Why weren’t the National Guard there to begin with?” — Interim Report, p. 59
“The Secretary of the Army, Ryan McCarthy, intentionally delayed the D.C. National Guard response to the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.” — Interim Report, p. 62
“DoD and DoD IG knowingly and inaccurately placed blame on D.C. National Guard leadership for the delayed DoD response.” — Interim Report, p. 62
“The Select Committee proactively took measures to prevent the public and congressional Republicans from accessing a substantial amount of material in contravention of House Rules.” — Interim Report, p. 53
“Over one thousand Americans have been charged” — Initial Findings Report, p. 3
“Political weapon… promoting narrative” — Initial Findings Report, p. 3
“Politicization… contributed to failures” — Initial Findings Report, p. 3
“Failed to archive transcripts” — Initial Findings Report, p. 20
“Did not like the optics” — Initial Findings Report, p. 51
“Failed to secure… suspect remains at large” — Initial Findings Report, p. 72
“the FBI did not take a step that could have helped the FBI and its law enforcement partners with their preparations in advance of January 6. Specifically, the FBI did not canvass its field offices in advance of January 6, 2021, to identify any intelligence, including CHS reporting, about potential threats to the January 6 Electoral Certification.” — OIG Report, p. 4
“We determined that of the 26 CHSs who were in DC on January 6 in connection with the events of January 6, 4 entered the Capitol during the riot; an additional 13 entered the restricted area around the Capitol… None of the CHSs who entered the Capitol or a restricted area has been prosecuted to date.” — OIG Report, p. 5
“The WFO did not know that a total of 26 CHSs would be in DC for the events of January 6 because only 4 field offices had informed the WFO or FBI Headquarters that CHSs under the relevant field office’s jurisdiction—5 CHSs in total—would be traveling to DC on January 6.” — OIG Report, p. 5
“persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse” — RNC Resolution, 2022
“The sole purpose of the Select Committee was to prevent President Trump from seeking reelection to the White House.” — Interim Report, p. 9
“Speaker Pelosi knew that the best pathway to stop President Trump from returning to the White House was if the Select Committee could craft a narrative compelling enough to convince the Department of Justice and the judicial system, along with the American public, that President Trump was an ‘insurrectionist.’” — Interim Report, p. 10
“The politicization of Capitol security directly contributed to the many structural and procedural failures witnessed that day.” — Interim Report, p. 9
“The failures, coverups and false accusations in the aftermath of January 6 have only increased the people’s distrust of Washington D.C.” — Interim Report, p. 2
“The Select Committee violated House Rules, deleted documents in the final days of the 117th Congress, and had a predetermined, partisan outcome it was committed to convey—regardless of the facts.” — Interim Report, p. 51
“We have responsibility Terri. We did not have any accountability for what was going on there; and we should have. This is ridiculous. You’re going to ask me in the middle of the thing [Joint Session of Congress], when they’ve already breached the inaugural stuff that should we call Capitol Police? I mean, the National Guard. Why weren’t the National Guard there to begin with?” — Interim Report, p. 59
“The Secretary of the Army, Ryan McCarthy, intentionally delayed the D.C. National Guard response to the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.” — Interim Report, p. 62
“DoD and DoD IG knowingly and inaccurately placed blame on D.C. National Guard leadership for the delayed DoD response.” — Interim Report, p. 62
“The Select Committee proactively took measures to prevent the public and congressional Republicans from accessing a substantial amount of material in contravention of House Rules.” — Interim Report, p. 53
“Over one thousand Americans have been charged” — Initial Findings Report, p. 3
“Political weapon… promoting narrative” — Initial Findings Report, p. 3
“Politicization… contributed to failures” — Initial Findings Report, p. 3
“Failed to archive transcripts” — Initial Findings Report, p. 20
“Did not like the optics” — Initial Findings Report, p. 51
“Failed to secure… suspect remains at large” — Initial Findings Report, p. 72
“the FBI did not take a step that could have helped the FBI and its law enforcement partners with their preparations in advance of January 6. Specifically, the FBI did not canvass its field offices in advance of January 6, 2021, to identify any intelligence, including CHS reporting, about potential threats to the January 6 Electoral Certification.” — OIG Report, p. 4
“We determined that of the 26 CHSs who were in DC on January 6 in connection with the events of January 6, 4 entered the Capitol during the riot; an additional 13 entered the restricted area around the Capitol… None of the CHSs who entered the Capitol or a restricted area has been prosecuted to date.” — OIG Report, p. 5
“The WFO did not know that a total of 26 CHSs would be in DC for the events of January 6 because only 4 field offices had informed the WFO or FBI Headquarters that CHSs under the relevant field office’s jurisdiction—5 CHSs in total—would be traveling to DC on January 6.” — OIG Report, p. 5
“persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse” — RNC Resolution, 2022
SOURCES & OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight Interim Report
INTERIM REPORT
DOJ Office of the Inspector General Report
A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Handling of Its Confidential Human Sources and Intelligence Collection Efforts in the Lead Up to the January 6, 2021 Electoral Certification
House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol Final Report
Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Hearing Transcript
Oversight of the United States Capitol Police and Preparations for and Response to the Attack of January 6th, 2021
House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight Initial Findings Report
Initial Findings Report
RNC Committee Resolution
Resolution to Censure Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger and to No Longer Support Them as Members of the Republican Party
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Report
Planned in Plain Sight: A Review of the Intelligence Failures in Advance of January 6th, 2021 (Peters Report)
Department of Defense Inspector General Report
Review of the Department of Defense’s Role, Responsibilities, and Actions to Prepare for and Respond to the Protest and Its Aftermath at the U.S. Capitol Campus on January 6, 2021
