CREW: At Least 33 Jan. 6 Defendants Pardoned by Trump Faced Charges for Other Crimes

The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) reported that at least 33 of Trump's pardoned January 6 defendants had been arrested, charged, or convicted for other crimes — ranging from child sexual assault, rape, kidnapping, firearms violations, domestic violence, and reckless homicide causing death. Only four of the reoffenses occurred after the pardons were issued in January 2025. The report highlighted the human cost of blanket pardons granted to over 1,500 Capitol attack defendants.