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A ‘Very Slow Drip’ of Pardoned Jan. 6 Prisoners Leave DC Jail

One woman rushed up and greeted a J6er she knew after he was released.
A ‘Very Slow Drip’ of Pardoned Jan. 6 Prisoners Leave DC Jail
Edward Jacob Lang (L), a Jan. 6 defendant, is released from the DC Central Detention Facility where he spent three years incarcerated for the 2021 breach of the Capitol, in Washington on Jan. 21, 2025. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images
Nathan Worcester
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WASHINGTON—One day after President Donald J. Trump pardoned 1,500 Jan. 6 participants and commuted others’ sentences, not all those held at the D.C. Central Detention Facility had been released.

“It’s a very slow drip,” Chaplain Joshua Macias told The Epoch Times just after 7 p.m. on Jan. 21.

Nathan Worcester
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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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