President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned Dan Wilson, a former Jan. 6 defendant, for a second time on gun charges not related to his conduct during the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Wilson pleaded guilty in May 2024 to three crimes including charges to impede or injure an officer, his conduct at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and two gun charges in Kentucky in 2023 when his home was searched as part of the Jan. 6 investigation.

A White House official confirmed the new pardon to NBC News, saying that Trump decided to do so because Wilson's gun charges stemmed from the Jan. 6 investigation.

Wilson was originally pardoned in January for charges related to the Capitol riot when Trump pardoned roughly 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants shortly after he was inaugurated to a second term.

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