US Capitol rioters celebrate prison release after Trump pardons

Each president has a prerogative ... I may not agree with all of it,

she told CNN

We really don’t know what happened because we never got the truth out of anybody,

said Susan Jones from Florida

Nobody really burned anything down or destroyed anything beyond repair,

said Jason Malsack from Wisconsin

I violated my probation... I was outside of my area,

he told AFP

I want my brothers out,

he told reporters

Freedom!" ... We love you!"

At one point on Tuesday, two men did emerge from the Washington prison and the crowd surged toward them, shouting

They brutally attacked me and my colleagues,

he told CNN

They pounded on our cell door with a flashlight and said, ‘Get ready ’cos you’re getting out of here’,

he said

I spent the last four years of my life petrified that they were gonna kick in my door,

she said

It will not go well with you. I appreciate your support, and your coverage, but you are not gonna be the first ones to see them, their families will,

he said

I'm thinking to myself, 'Man, I hope our pardons are in there,'

he said

Chuck Schumersenate Minority Leader

There is no other way to describe President Trump's pardon of Jan. 6th defenders than un-American,

Schumer said

It is shameful that the President has decided to make one of his top priorities the abandonment and betrayal of police officers who put their lives on the line to stop an attempt to subvert the peaceful transfer of power,

Pelosi wrote

Tonight I'm going to be signing on the J6 hostages, pardons to get them out,

Trump said at an inaugural parade at Capital One Arena

What they've done to these people is outrageous. There's rarely been anything like it in the history of our country,

Trump said

There’s anticipation, like knots in your stomach,

said Charlie Kalk, who traveled to DC from Oregon

This is a big one. We hope they come out tonight, frankly,

Trump said while signing the pardons in the Oval Office on Monday night, referring to the convicted as “hostages”.

These people are in jail because they were present somewhere,

she said

As you can see, many people, many different groups and different ethnicities and different religious groups have all come behind Trump during this campaign,

she said

It’s broken my heart for four years. I’ve cried and cried and cried over these families,

Pollock said