Moving beyond the attack on the Capitol has become a central approach for congressional Republicans who have enthusiastically re-embraced Trump after his 2020 defeat and his attempts to overturn

President Trump’s sweeping pardons of more than 1,500 people charged with crimes related to the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, including individuals who assaulted police officers, stunned Republican lawmakers who witnessed firsthand the chaos on Capitol Hill four years ago.

Mark Milley and the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol. As Trump stepped in, one of his first actions back in the White House was to pardon those involved in the U.S. Capitol riots.