Rehl, a former leader of the Philly Proud Boys, had been sentenced to 15 years for seditious conspiracy. But after Trump commuted his sentence, he walked out of prison a free man.
Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio were among the most prominent January 6 defendants had received some of the harshest punishments.
Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio, who received some of longest sentences for the US Capitol attack, freed from prison.
Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the far-right Proud Boys, was among nearly 1,600 January 6 defendants who were either pardoned or had their sentences commuted. He is expected to be in Miami by Tuesday afternoon.
In spirit of “national reconciliation,” Trump offers clemency to all Jan. 6 defendants and commutes sentence of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes
Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes leave prison after Trump commuted their Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy sentences.
President Donald Trump has defended his decision to pardon people convicted of assaulting police officers during the attack on the Capitol and suggests there could be a place in U.S. politics for the Proud Boys extremist group,
Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio were released from serving lengthy prison terms for convictions of seditious conspiracy.
Five of the Oath Keepers who had sentences commuted by the president -- including Rhodes, who was facing 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy -- were military veterans.
Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in May 2023 after a jury found him guilty of conspiring to stop the transfer of power and other charges. In September 2023, Tarrio, who asked Trump for a full pardon on the fourth anniversary of the insurrection, was sentenced to 22 years.
He issued formal pardons to more than 1,550 rioters charged with a wide range of crimes and commuted the sentences of 14 members of far-right groups.