President Donald Trump issued pardons for two people who were convicted of crimes discovered by law enforcement while they were under investigation for the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021.
“I Hereby Designate, direct, and empower the Pardon Attorney, as my representative, to administer and sign this grant of clemency to the person named herein,” the pardon read for each executive grant of clemency.
“The Pardon Attorney shall declare that his action is the act of the President, being performed at my direction.”
Kaye served prison time after allegedly going on social media and threatening to shoot FBI agents at her house if they came to investigate a tip that she was at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
She denied being at the Capitol that day, said she did not own guns, and suggested that she did not intend to threaten FBI officials, according to court papers.
Prosecutors said her social media posts “were part of the ubiquity of violent political rhetoric that causes serious harm to our communities,” court records showed.
“The Biden DOJ targeted Suzanne Kaye for social media posts—and she was sentenced to 18 months in federal lock up,” Martin wrote in a Nov. 15 post on X.
“President Trump is unwinding the damage done by Biden’s DOJ weaponization, so the healing can begin.”
Kaye was released in 2024.
In a separate pardon, Trump freed Dan Wilson.
Wilson remained in prison after being included in Trump’s first wave of pardons because he was serving time for possessing firearms when he was a felon, which is illegal.
Authorities discovered six guns and 4,800 rounds of ammunition at the Kentucky native’s home while he was under investigation for his role in Jan. 6.
Wilson, who was initially set to remain behind bars until 2028, was freed after Friday’s pardon.
Trump issued a third pardon on Friday for a person serving time for an incident unrelated to Jan. 6.
Joseph Schwartz, of Suffern, New York, received a full pardon after being convicted for a $38 million employment tax fraud scheme involving nursing homes across the country.
The insurance broker and operator of Skyline Management Group LLC was accused of failing to pay employment taxes to the IRS.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
