Justice Department broadens Jan. 6 pardons to cover gun, drug-related charges
The Department of Justice has widened the scope of President Trump's pardons for Jan. 6 riot defendants to include separate but related gun charges. The charges stemmed from FBI searches executed during the sprawling investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack, which allegedly turned up evidence of other crimes not directly connected to the Capitol breach.
In legal filings this week, federal prosecutors asked judges to dismiss cases against two former Jan. 6 defendants, who had...