Throughout a signing ceremony within the Oval Workplace on Monday night, Trump displayed a listing of the names of US Capitol riot defendants he mentioned had been receiving a pardon.

“These are the hostages, roughly 1,500 for a pardon, full pardon,” Trump mentioned. “It is a huge one.”

“These folks have been destroyed,” he added. “What they’ve accomplished to those folks is outrageous. There’s not often been something prefer it within the historical past of our nation.”

The proclamation says that it “ends a grave nationwide injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American folks during the last 4 years and begins a means of nationwide reconciliation”.

The checklist of names consists of Oath Keeper chief Stewart Rhodes, a former US Military paratrooper and Yale-educated lawyer, who was sentenced in 2023 to 18 years in jail.

A lawyer for former Proud Boys chief Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, who was jailed for 22 years for seditious conspiracy over the riot, mentioned his shopper was additionally anticipating to be launched.

Earlier than he was sworn into workplace, some Trump aides had indicated that he wouldn’t concern sweeping pardons, however would as an alternative evaluate every conviction on a case-by-case foundation.

It got here on the day that Joe Biden used the ultimate minutes of his presidency to concern pre-emptive pardons for his brothers and sister, in addition to members of the US Home of Representatives committee whose investigation into the Capitol riot concluded Trump was in charge.

Lawmakers fled in the course of the dysfunction and an unarmed feminine rioter was fatally shot contained in the constructing by officers.

The justice division launched a nationwide manhunt for suspects in its aftermath.

Greater than half of convictions have been misdemeanours, for fees comparable to disorderly conduct or trespassing. Most convictions have resulted in sentences of below one yr in jail, or probation.

Trump has beforehand referred to as these prosecuted for the riot “political prisoners”, who posed “zero risk”.

Democrats describe the day as an tried rebellion, and an assault on democracy itself.