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President Donald Trump has defended his decision to pardon people convicted of assaulting police officers during the attack on the Capitol and suggests there could be a place in U.S. politics for the Proud Boys extremist group,

A day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, America’s far-right celebrated. Some called for the death of judges who oversaw the trials.

Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the far-right Proud Boys, was among nearly 1,600 January 6 defendants who were either pardoned or had their sentences commuted. He is expected to be in Miami by Tuesday afternoon.

Following his inauguration, Donald Trump offered clemency to all Jan. 6 defendants and commuted the sentence of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes.

Tarrio, 42, a Miami native, was serving a 22-year sentence after being convicted in May 2023 of seditious conspiracy.

On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump defended his decision to pardon people convicted of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and suggested there could be a place in US politics for the Proud Boys extremist group.

Former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn visited Madison and Milwaukee on Tuesday as part of a tour condemning President Donald Trump's recent action to pardon nearly