A former Proud Boys leader and Jan. 6 rioter blasted President Donald Trump on social media for only commuting his prison sentence but not giving him a full pardon that would wipe his criminal record clean of all the charges connected to the insurrection.

Joe Biggs was sentenced to 17 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other charges after prosecutors claimed he “served as an instigator and leader” of the deadly U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.

As soon as Trump returned to office, he issued a mass pardon to roughly 1,500 people who were convicted for their roles in the riot.

However, a select few people only had their sentences commuted, and didn’t receive full pardons, including Biggs. While a pardon erases a conviction from someone’s record, a commutation only reduces the

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