President Donald Trump granted a second pardon to Daniel Edwin Wilson, a defendant convicted for his involvement in the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot , because of a separate conviction for illegally possessing firearms, the Associated Press reported on Saturday.

Wilson remained in jail despite an earlier sweeping clemency order for individuals linked to the riot . He received a five-year prison sentence in 2024 after pleading guilty to conspiring to impede or injure police officers and illegally possessing firearms at his home.

Newsweek has reached out to the White House by email Saturday for further comment.

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Wilson's second pardon marks an expansion of presidential clemency , raising legal and ethical questions about the boundaries of executive

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