Lawfare Finds 97 Jan. 6 Defendants Faced New Crimes, Including 19 After Trump Clemency
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 4
Lawfare Finds 97 Jan. 6 Defendants Faced New Crimes, Including 19 After Trump Clemency
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 4
Summary
At least 97 of nearly 1,600 people charged in the Capitol riot were later accused of new crimes, according to a Lawfare study released Thursday.
Nineteen of those cases came after Trump granted clemency to Jan. 6 defendants on the first day of his second term; the rest occurred in the years after the riot.
Lawfare said it identified the cases by mining court records and contacting county clerks, and author Katherine Pompilio said the total likely understates repeat offending.
The cases ranged from an alleged gun threat in a church parking lot to convictions for grand larceny, burglary and child molestation.
The new tally exceeds an earlier watchdog study that found at least 40 defendants faced later charges, including 12 after Trump's clemency order.