WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump issued a second pardon to a Jan. 6 defendant who had remained behind bars despite the sweeping grant of clemency for Capitol rioters because of a separate conviction for illegally possessing firearms. The decision is the latest example of Trump's willingness to use his constitutional authority to help supporters who once tried to keep him in power despite his loss to President Joe Biden in 2020. Daniel Edwin Wilson of Louisville, Kentucky, was under investigation for his role in the riot when authorities found six guns and roughly 4,800 rounds of ammunition in his home. Because of prior felony convictions, it was illegal for him to possess firearms. The charges became part of a legal debate over whether Trump's pardons for Jan. 6 rioters applied to othe
Trump pardons Jan. 6 defendant for separate gun offense, releasing him from prison
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