President Donald Trump has issued a “full and unconditional” pardon to a Kentucky man who pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, along with unrelated federal firearms charges.
Trump granted the pardon on Nov. 14, according to multiple reports. As of Nov. 15, the Justice Department had not posted the pardon on its website.
Dan Wilson was sentenced in 2024 to five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution for his involvement in the Capitol attack. According to the Justice Department, Wilson began planning the attack in the winter of 2020 and wrote on Dec. 27, 2020, “I am ready to lay my life on the line. It is time for good men to do bad things.”
Prosecutors said Wilson was part of an unnamed militia. Politico reported that he belonged to the Gray Ghost Partisan Rangers and other groups.
While Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people for Jan. 6–related crimes on his first day in office, Wilson also had prior convictions for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of an unregistered firearm originating in Kentucky.
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