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Pardoned Jan. 6 rioters return to Capitol on 5th anniversary

Season 2026 Episode 6 | 6m 11s

It’s been five years since a mob of President Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to disrupt the certification of the presidential election that he lost. A much smaller but ardent crowd of his supporters returned to the site of the 2021 insurrection, marking the first Jan. 6 since Trump fully pardoned them for their actions on that day. White House correspondent Liz Landers reports.

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