Some prisoners charged with crimes related to the protests of Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol have had a slow release from jails and prisons despite President Donald Trump’s unconditional pardons and commutations.
Last week, The Heritage Foundation’s Christian Lasval visited the D.C. Central Detention Facility as some of the Jan. 6 prisoners were being let out after Trump pardoned them. Lasval reported from the center about 24 hours after Trump issued the pardon, and there were still several prisoners who had not been released.
“The D.C. government is stonewalling President Trump’s pardon,” Lasval reported.
“A lot of families have lost everything. Their husbands, their fathers, their breadwinners have been taken from them and put in prison unlawfully for many years for the simplest of…
