in effect
This is a Presidential Proclamation (Proclamation 10887, signed January 20, 2025, published in the Federal Register at 90 FR 8331) issued under the President’s clemency power in Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution. It grants pardons and sentence commutations for criminal offenses tied to the events at or near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and directs the Justice Department to carry out the releases and drop related pending cases.
It commutes the prison sentences of 14 named individuals to “time served” as of January 20, 2025, meaning their remaining sentences end but their convictions stand. It grants a “full, complete and unconditional” pardon to all other people convicted of January 6-related offenses, wiping out those convictions. It orders the Attorney General to issue pardon certificates immediately and to release from prison everyone covered, with the Bureau of Prisons directed to act at once on the Justice Department’s instructions. It also directs the Attorney General to seek dismissal “with prejudice” (permanently, so the charges cannot be refiled) of all still-pending indictments arising from January 6 conduct.
The 14 named people (including Stewart Rhodes, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, and others listed) have their sentences ended, while everyone else convicted of a January 6-related offense receives a full pardon. People still facing unresolved January 6 charges are affected because the government is directed to drop those cases permanently. The Attorney General, the Department of Justice, and the Bureau of Prisons are the agencies ordered to carry all of this out.