Overview
- President Trump granted a new, case-specific pardon covering Dan Wilson’s firearm convictions, and Wilson was released from custody Friday evening.
- A White House official said the pardon was warranted because the guns were found during a search triggered by the Jan. 6 investigation into Wilson.
- Authorities had seized six firearms and roughly 4,800 rounds of ammunition from Wilson’s Kentucky home, which he was barred from possessing due to prior felonies.
- The Justice Department first contended the January mass pardons did not extend to the gun case, then reversed its stance, a shift criticized by U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich.
- Wilson previously pleaded guilty in 2024 to conspiring to impede or injure officers in connection with Jan. 6, with prosecutors citing militia ties and messages discussing bringing weapons and a potential “civil war.”