"President Donald Trump issued a second pardon to a Jan. 6 defendant who had remained behind bars despite the sweeping grant of clemency for Capitol rioters because of a separate conviction for illegally possessing firearms. The decision is the latest example of Trump's willingness to use his constitutional authority to help supporters who once tried to keep him in power despite his loss to President Joe Biden in 2020."
"Daniel Edwin Wilson of Louisville, Kentucky, was under investigation for his role in the riot when authorities found six guns and roughly 4,800 rounds of ammunition in his home. Because of prior felony convictions, it was illegal for him to possess firearms. The charges became part of a legal debate over whether Trump's pardons for Jan. 6 rioters applied to other crimes discovered during the sprawling federal dragnet that began after the attack on the Capitol."
President Donald Trump issued a second pardon for Daniel Edwin Wilson, a Jan. 6 defendant who remained imprisoned because of a separate firearms conviction. Authorities found six guns and roughly 4,800 rounds of ammunition in Wilson's home while investigating his role in the riot, and prior felony convictions made possession illegal. The gun charges prompted legal debate over whether presidential pardons for Jan. 6 offenses extended to other crimes uncovered during the post-attack federal investigation. A Trump-appointed federal judge criticized the Justice Department for arguing that earlier pardons covered Wilson's firearm offense. Wilson, sentenced in 2024 to five years and scheduled to remain incarcerated until 2028, was released after the pardon.
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