Capitol riot defendants​ are citing Trump's election​ in requests to delay their cases because of his pledge to pardon some convicted of Jan. 6-related crimes​.

Jan. 6 rioters want the same treatment as Trump, but the DOJ says the president-elect's case is an unprecedented circumstance.

WASHINGTON — What will happen to the hundreds of Jan. 6 criminal cases still pending after former President Donald Trump’s apparent victory at the polls Tuesday? At the federal courthouse in D.C. on Wednesday, the answer, at least for now, was business ...

More than 1,500 have been charged with federal crimes in connection to the Capitol breach during the past nearly four years.

"I never envisioned myself on the wrong side of the law,” said South Carolinian George Christopher Rockey, a Trump supporter and former Marine who violently attacked police at the U. S. Capitol on Jan.

The president-elect said during the campaign that he would grant clemency to some of those who took part in the assault by his supporters on the Capitol nearly four years ago.

A South Carolina man who assaulted a police officer during the 2021 Capitol riot told his attorney he was "adamantly opposed" to requesting a delay in his sentencing, despite President-elect Donald Trump's repeated pledge to pardon some Jan. 6 defendants ...

President-elect Donald Trump has said he would “absolutely” consider pardoning every Capitol rioter and has called them political prisoners and “hostages.”

The Justice Department is rushing to push through some of the worst Jan. 6 cases — including those of 75 people who have yet to be arrested — before Trump takes office, according to a report. NBC News justice reporter Ryan Reilly said Monday that many in the DOJ "want to get over the line before

Moments before a convicted Jan. 6 rioter was sentenced to eight years in prison on Thursday, he sought a full pardon by claiming that Donald Trump's victory on Election Day vindicated his actions. Zachary Alam told the court that he wanted a new classification of pardon,