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President Donald Trump has pardoned a Jan. 6 defendant who had remained behind bars despite the sweeping grant of clemency for U.S. Capitol rioters because of a separate conviction for illegally possessing firearms. The decision is the latest example of Trump’s willingness to use his constitutional authority to help supporters who once tried to keep him in power despite his loss to President Joe Biden in 2020. Daniel Edwin Wilson was under investigation for his role in the riot when authorities found six guns and roughly 4,800 rounds of ammunition in his home. Because of prior felony convictions, it was illegal for him to possess firearms.
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FILE - Violent insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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FILE - President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Jan. 6, 2021, in front of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Man accused of firing a gun during Capitol riot is arrested on kidnapping and sexual assault charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of firing a gun in the air during a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol has been arrested on charges that he kidn…