Dozens of Illinois residents affected by President Trump's pardons of Jan. 6 rioters 02:46. CHICAGO (CBS) -- On his first day back in office Tuesday, President Trump pardoned or commuted the ...

Trump’s pardons for Jan. 6 riot help more than 50 defendants from Illinois A Chicago Sun-Times review found 43 of the 53 defendants from Illinois had been convicted and sentenced.

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker can’t keep January 6 rioters off the streets, but he can keep them out of state office buildings, he says. On Thursday, Pritzker directed ...

WATCH: Lawyer for Jan. 6 defendant says his client deserves pardon from Trump. Gil Soffer, a former federal prosecutor and ABC7's chief legal analyst, explained what that could mean.

Illinois Congressman recalls Jan. 6 attack 4 years later as local defendants seek pardons from Trump By Liz Nagy and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom Jones Tuesday, January 7, 2025 ...

President Donald Trump has officially declared the pardons issued by former President Joe Biden for members of the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol attacks as invalid.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) is barring anyone who participated in the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol from working state jobs in Illinois. While President Donald Trump has wiped ...

The move effectively wipes the slate clean for some 1,500 people charged nationwide since Jan. 6, including 53 people from Illinois. ... Trump’s blanket pardons drew criticism from many circles, ...

President Donald Trump granted a sweeping pardon on Jan. 20, 2025, to nearly everyone "convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021." ...