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Over 20 percent of the Capitol rioters Trump pardoned have been arrested again for subsequent crimes, raising questions about the blanket clemency policy.
Over 20 percent of the Capitol rioters Trump pardoned in his first week back have been arrested again for new crimes since their release. Some were arrested within days. The re-arrests cover a range of offenses and suggest that at least a meaningful slice of the pardoned group either didn't change their behavior or were quick to return to criminal activity.
This creates a political and practical problem. The blanket clemency was pitched as justice for political prisoners. Instead, it's produced a measurable recidivism rate that Trump critics will point to indefinitely. It also raises basic questions about what the pardon meant: were these people wrongly convicted, or did Trump simply want them out regardless of what they'd done? The fact that they're being arrested again so quickly suggests the latter interpretation may be closer to the truth.
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