Trump Issues Two New Pardons Tied to Jan. 6 Investigation

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00:00Trump issues two new pardons tied to January 6th investigation.

00:05President Donald Trump has issued two additional pardons connected to the January 6th investigation,

00:11extending his ongoing use of presidential clemency for individuals scrutinized under

00:15the Biden administration's extensive probe into the Capitol riot.

00:19More than 1,500 people have been charged in connection with the investigation.

00:24One of the pardons went to Suzanne Ellen Kaye, who previously served an 18-month sentence

00:29after posting a video threatening to shoot FBI agents if they came to her home.

00:34The incident occurred in 2021, after the FBI contacted her regarding a tip suggesting she

00:40might have been present at the Capitol on January 6th. Prosecutors argued that her video contributed

00:46to the rise in violent political rhetoric, though Kaye testified that she never intended harm,

00:52did not own any firearms, and was not in Washington that day.

00:56A White House official, speaking anonymously, said Kaye suffers from stress-induced seizures,

01:03including one during the reading of her verdict, and characterized her prosecution as an example

01:07of disfavored First Amendment political speech being excessively punished.

01:12Trump also pardoned Daniel Edwin Wilson of Louisville, Kentucky.

01:16Wilson remained incarcerated despite Trump's earlier blanket pardons for January 6th defendants,

01:22because he had a separate conviction for illegal firearm possession.

01:26Investigators discovered six guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition in his home during a search

01:31related to the January 6th inquiry. As a convicted felon, Wilson was prohibited from possessing weapons.

01:38His case raised questions about whether Trump's broad pardons applied to crimes uncovered during

01:43January 6th related searches. A Trump-appointed judge criticized the Justice Department for arguing

01:48that the original pardons covered Wilson's firearms case before later reversing its position.

01:54Wilson, who had been sentenced to five years in prison, was released Friday.

01:58His attorney said the pardon allows him to reunite with his family and rebuild his life,

02:04while a White House official argued that investigators should never have been in his home in the first place.