Stewart Rhodes, convicted of seditious conspiracy and released by Trump, visits Capitol Hill

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Trump discusses pardoning Jan. 6 rioters in first news conference U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said evidence of the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol is preserved through the "neutral lens" of riot videos, trial transcripts, jury verdicts and judicial opinions.
46% : President Bill Clinton nominated Kollar-Kotelly, who has served on the bench since 1997.
42% : He told reporters he would be pushing Trump to grant him a full pardon.
39% : More than 130 other convicted rioters were awaiting sentencing when Trump issued pardons.
28% : Rhodes was found guilty of orchestrating a weekslong plot that culminated in his followers attacking the U.S. Capitol in a desperate bid to keep Trump in power.
22% : During a hearing last month, District Judge Amit Mehta said it would be "frightening" if Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes is pardoned for orchestrating a violent plot to keep Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 presidential election.

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