Donald Trump, in an exercise of the regal power of pardon, has freed Daniel Rodriguez whose grave assault on a Capitol Police Officer Michael Fanon earned Rodriquez a ten year sentence.
The defendant now claims to see the error of his ways. But Trump's blanket pardons were not conditioned on contrition. Nor does a pardon erase the crimes committed, nor their consequences.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, dismissing the indictment, recites the facts and concludes:
Michael Fanone’s heroism will never be moot. And no proclamation or order vacating a conviction can erase the truth: that all of the individuals charged with attacking him on January 6 came into court and voluntarily swore that they were guilty, and justice was served.
- GWC
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