Among those pardoned were Peter Schwartz, who had received a 14-year sentence for throwing a chair at #police officers & repeatedly attacking them with pepper spray; Daniel Joseph Rodriguez, who was sentenced to 12.5 years for #conspiracy & assaulting an officer with a #StunGun (he sent a text message to a friend, “Tazzzzed the fuck out of the blue”); & Andrew Taake, who received a 6-yr sentence for attacking officers with bear spray & a metal whip.
(14 people, mainly senior figures in the #OathKeepers & #ProudBoys movements, saw their sentences commuted but did not receive #pardons.)
Of the 1,500 or so offenders who received pardons, roughly 600 had been charged with assaulting or obstructing #police officers, & 170 had been accused of using #DeadlyWeapons in the siege.
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Among those pardoned were Peter Schwartz, who had received a 14-year sentence for throwing a chair at #police officers & repeatedly attacking them with pepper spray; Daniel Joseph Rodriguez, who was sentenced to 12.5 years for #conspiracy & assaulting an officer with a #StunGun (he sent a text message to a friend, “Tazzzzed the fuck out of the blue”); & Andrew Taake, who received a 6-yr sentence for attacking officers with bear spray & a metal whip.