Overview

• Justice Department pardon attorney Ed Martin met with lawyer Peter Ticktin last week to examine 11 full clemency petitions, including one for Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers.
• Stewart Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the January 6 Capitol attack and is serving an 18-year prison sentence that President Trump previously commuted.
• Pardon applications for Proud Boys members Joseph Biggs, Ethan Nordean, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola were coordinated by Ticktin and Jan. 6 defendant Treniss Evans through the American Rights Alliance.
• Martin achieved his first successful full clemency recommendation when President Trump pardoned Scott Jenkins, a former Virginia sheriff convicted of federal bribery.
• President Trump has now issued pardons for nearly 1,600 individuals charged over the January 6 insurrection.