(CNN) โย President Donald Trump has issued a new pardon to a militia member involved in theย January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, covering separate Kentucky firearms offenses that were not included in his initial Inauguration Day pardon.
In April, the appeals court for the District of Columbiaย rejected Dan Wilsonโs attemptย to vacate his firearms-related sentences from the Western District of Kentucky that were transferred to DC.
โThe plain language of the pardon does not apply to the Kentucky firearms offenses,โ the appeals court stated, returning him to prison.
Trump in January issued more than a thousand pardons and commutations of those involved with the January 6 attack on the US Capitol and said last month he was โvery proudโ of it.
US pardon attorney Ed Martin was one of the people who advocated for Wilsonโs new unconditional pardon, which was issued Friday.
โDanny Wilson is now a free man. When I was DCโs U.S. Attorney, and now as U.S. Pardon Attorney, I advocated for this clemency, which the president granted Friday,โ Martinย posted on X, thanking Trump.
The White House said the gun charges were ultimately related to the January 6 investigation.
โWhile being investigated for conduct related to January 6 โ which President Trump issued a larger pardon for in January โ investigators discovered that Mr. Wilson may have owned unauthorized firearms. Because the search of Mr. Wilsonโs home was due to the events of January 6, President Trump is pardoning Mr. Wilson for the firearm issues,โ a White House official told CNN on Saturday.
Martin announced Saturday that Trump granted another pardon to Suzanne Kaye, who wasย sentenced to prisonย for threatening to shoot FBI agents in a video posted on social media in 2021. The comments were directed at agents who were seeking to question her about her presence in Washington, DC, on January 6.
Kaye was arrested in February 2021.
โOn video, Kaye announced that she would โshoot their [expletive] aโโ if FBI agents showed up at her house,โ according to a release by the Justice Department in 2023.
Alleging โthe Biden DOJ targeted Suzanne Kaye for social media posts,โ Martin posted on X, โPresident Trump is unwinding the damage done by Bidenโs DOJ weaponization, so the healing can begin.โ
