Trump issued “a full, complete and unconditional pardon" to people punished for their involvement in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including those who assaulted law enforcement officers.

Moving beyond the attack on the Capitol has become a central approach for congressional Republicans who have enthusiastically re-embraced Trump after his 2020 defeat and his attempts to overturn

Several Long Islanders were included in Trump's mass pardon of the mob that launched an insurrection at the Capitol in an attempt, according to federal prosecutors, to disrupt the certification of the 2020 election,