President Donald Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6, 2021, defendants do not extend to charges that rely on evidence gathered during searches conducted as part of Jan. 6 investigations, according to new rulings from federal judges.
Trump in January pardoned some 1,500 people, including many who were convicted of crimes related to Jan. 6.
Dan Wilson, one of those convicted, was released from prison after Trump issued the pardons. A court ordered him back into custody because he had previously pleaded guilty to illegally possessing firearms.
Wilson argued that Trump’s pardons should cover the convictions because authorities searched his Kentucky home as part of the Jan. 6 probe. Government lawyers, after initially opposing the position, later told the court that they were aligned with Wilson….