With a stroke of the presidential pen, people charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach were free. Many had no idea how they would get home.
After President Donald Trump signed pardons and commutations on Jan. 20, an estimated 300 people were released from 75 prisons in 35 states, according to Gary Heavin, a Texas philanthropist who raised funds for an operation to meet each of the prisoners and help them get back home.
“Everyone was scrambling to make sure there were people at the gates of these prisons” to welcome the former prisoners and help them with basic needs, Heavin told The Epoch Times….
Relief and Joy as Volunteers Help Freed Jan. 6 Prisoners Get Home
