Over 200 participants in the Capitol riot pardoned by Trump have been released from prison.

In the United States, the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced the release of 211 individuals who were convicted for their involvement in the Capitol Riot on January 6, 2021.

This information was shared in a post by the bureau on social media platform X.

"On Monday, January 20, 2025, President Trump ordered the pardon of over 200 individuals who were convicted for their involvement in the events of January 6, 2021," the statement noted.

On the same day, the FBI received information about the pardoned individuals and forwarded the list to the institutions where they were held, and in the evening, people began to be released from prison. The entire process took approximately 12 hours.

As a reminder: on his first working day in the Oval Office, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order to pardon around 1,500 individuals involved in the case concerning the mass riots in Washington on January 6, 2021.

Background. Earlier, Mind reported that supporters of Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol. The police evacuated several Congressional buildings, and senators and House members were locked inside their chambers as Congress began discussing the victory of elected President Joe Biden.