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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Some January 6th rioters serving jail time for their roles in the attack on the U.S. Capitol are now free. That includes the leader of the Proud Boys, a group that played a prominent role in the events of that day. They were freed in a sweeping clemency issued for 1,500-plus people last night by President Donald Trump. NPR's Kerry Johnson reports.
Already, we're seeing people being released from prisons and jails, including Enrique Tarrio. He's the former chairman of the far-right Proud Boys group, and he had been serving a prison term of 22 years. He's now free, according to his lawyer, Naeem Hassan.
I can tell you Enrique is looking forward to moving forward with his life and being a productive member of society.
Several other members of the Proud Boys also won pardons, and some had their sentences commuted.
NPR's Kerry Johnson trumped freed individuals convicted of plotting to interrupt the peaceful transfer of power and of assaulting police officers after his 2020 election loss. New York Representative Elise Stefanik is telling senators she'll push Trump's America First agenda at the UN if she's confirmed as the next U.S. ambassador there. She's also vying to review U.S.
funding of United Nations agencies. More from NPR's Michelle Kellerman.
Even before Elise Stefanik appeared at her confirmation hearing, President Trump signed an executive order pulling the U.S. out of the World Health Organization. Stefanik says the Trump administration will review all funding at UN agencies.
our tax dollars should not be complicit in propping up entities that are counter to American interests, anti-Semitic, or engaging in fraud, corruption, or terrorism.
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