FILE - Violent insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. The charges became part of a legal debate over whether Trump’s pardons for Jan. 6 rioters applied to other crimes discovered during the sprawling federal dragnet that began after the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Trump-appointed federal judge who oversaw Wilson’s case criticized the Justice Department earlier this year for arguing that the president’s Jan. 6 pardons applied to Wilson’s gun offense. Advertisement“We are grateful that President Trump has recognized the injustice in my client’s case and granted him this pardon,” attorney George Pallas said in an email. Politico first reported Wilson’s pardon on Saturday.
