A new video shows one of the protesters involved in the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, being reunited with his daughter after being released from prison following President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon over 1,500 January 6 protesters.
In the video shared on social media, a little girl can be seen hugging her dad while he carries her. The girl can also be heard exclaiming, “Daddy’s home!”
The video of the January 6 protester being reunited with his daughter comes as Trump issued pardons for over 1,500 individuals connected to the storming of Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021, who had been prosecuted by the Justice Department under the Biden-Harris administration.
Another video shared on X, formerly Twitter, shows January 6 prisoners singing “God Bless the USA” outside a jail in Washington, D.C, shortly after being released from prison.
NBC 4 reported that Robert Turner, a January 6 defendant convicted on multiple charges by former President Joe Biden’s Justice Department, celebrated his release from prison, saying, “President Trump, I love you. We’ll always have your back. You had our back; we got your back. We’re ready for a new country, ready for a great country, and I feel good. I feel amazing. We should all feel amazing.”
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Prior to signing the pardons from the Oval Office at the White House on Monday night, Trump addressed his supporters at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., saying, “Tonight I’m going to be signing on the J6 hostages, pardons to get them out.” Trump added, “I’m going to the Oval Office, and we’ll be signing pardons for a lot of people.”
Following Trump’s executive order issuing mass pardons for over 1,500 of the January 6 protesters, a White House liaison made an appearance outside a jail in Washington, D.C., confirming that the first two January 6 prisoners had been released.
“It’s a really monumental moment in our history, and they will be leaving tonight from this prison behind me,” the liaison said.