Granting Pardons and Commutation of Sentences for Certain Offenses Relating to the Events at or Near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021

Proclamation 10887 of January 20, 2025

Granting Pardons and Commutation of Sentences for
Certain Offenses Relating to the Events at or Near the
United States Capitol on January 6, 2021

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that
has been perpetrated upon the American people over the
last four years and begins a process of national
reconciliation.

Acting pursuant to the grant of authority in Article
II, Section 2, of the Constitution of the United
States, I do hereby:

(a) commute the sentences of the following
individuals convicted of offenses related to events
that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on
January 6, 2021, to time served as of January 20, 2025:

Stewart Rhodes

Kelly Meggs

Kenneth Harrelson

Thomas Caldwell

Jessica Watkins

Roberto Minuta

Edward Vallejo

David Moerschel

Joseph Hackett

Ethan Nordean

Joseph Biggs

Zachary Rehl

Dominic Pezzola

Jeremy Bertino

(b) grant a full, complete and unconditional pardon
to all other individuals convicted of offenses related
to events that occurred at or near the United States
Capitol on January 6, 2021;

The Attorney General shall administer and effectuate
the immediate issuance of certificates of pardon to all
individuals described in section (b) above, and shall
ensure that all individuals convicted of offenses
related to events that occurred at or near the United
States Capitol on January 6, 2021, who are currently
held in prison are released immediately. The Bureau of
Prisons shall immediately implement all instructions
from the Department of Justice regarding this
directive.

I further direct the Attorney General to pursue
dismissal with prejudice to the government of all
pending indictments against individuals for their
conduct related to the events at or near the United
States Capitol on January 6, 2021. The Bureau of
Prisons shall immediately implement all instructions
from the Department of Justice regarding this
directive.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
ninth.