Judges Criticize Trump's Capitol Order

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A "revisionist myth": Judges lambast Trump's pardons and dismissal of cases against Jan. 6 defendants

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Three federal judges in Washington , D.C. , say clemency for Jan. 6 defendants won't change "tragic truth of what happened on January 6, 2021 " The judges rebuked efforts to downplay the events of that day .

One order rebuffs Mr. Trump 's claim that the prosecutions represented a "grave national injustice" The Justice Department said earlier this month that there were roughly 300 pending cases related to the Capitol assault.

Kollar-Kotelly wrote that Box was among the first group of rioters who entered the Capitol building on Jan. 6 and went on to overrun police officers in the Crypt .

Dismissal of charges, pardons and commutations of sentences "will not change the truth of what happened," she wrote.

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