Here are some of the Jan. 6 defendants who received a full and unconditional pardon from Trump tonight:
David Dempsey was convicted of repeatedly assaulting police officers with pepper spray, a metal crutch and wooden and metal poles and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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Daniel Rodriguez was convicted of using a stun gun and “plunging it” multiple times into police officer Michael Fanone's neck, in the words of prosecutors. Rodriguez was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison.
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Peter Schwartz, according to the DOJ, was convicted of "Wielding a large MK-46 canister and carrying a wooden tire thumper, Schwartz began indiscriminately spraying O.C. spray at any retreating police officers he could find."
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Here's Ryan Nichols, who pleaded guilty to assaulting officers with pepper spray and yelled “If you have a weapon, you need to get your weapon!”
Keith Packer stormed the Capitol while wearing a "CAMP AUSCHWITZ" sweatshirt. Underneath was another Nazi-themed shirt.
Packer was sentenced to 75 days in jail for non-violent offenses.
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Julian Khater pleaded guilty to pepper spraying Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick in the face.
Sicknick died the following day due to two strokes. Though his cause of death was officially considered "natural," his family blames the violence.
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Thomas Webster was convicted of tackling a police officer to the ground and attempting to remove his mask and helmet.
"The officer struggled to breathe," according to prosecutors, and "others in the mob began kicking the officer."
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Christopher Quaglin was sentenced to 12 years in prison for repeatedly assaulting officers, tackling one to the ground, assaulting them with riot shields, and spraying officers with a chemical spray directly in their faces, per prosecutors.
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