More now on President Trump's move to pardon or commute the sentences of the more than 1,500

January 6th defendants, mass clemency for his supporters, like David Dempsey, who was sentenced

to 20 years for two counts of assaulting police officers with a dangerous weapon, seen here outside

the U.S. Capitol threatening to lynch elected officials.

Proud Boys member Dominic Pizzola, who was serving a 10-year sentence for being one of the first to break into the Capitol,

using a stolen riot shield to break a window.

Scott Miller, who can be seen in the brown jacket near the entrance beating police with a poll.

He was serving a five-and-a-half-year

sentence. And Jacob Chanceley, otherwise known as the QAnon Shaman who pleaded guilty to obstruction

of an official proceeding after trespassing on Capitol grounds. For more on the implications,

we're joined now by former GOP congressman and advisor to the House January 6th Committee, Denver Wrigelman. Welcome back to the implications. We're joined now by former GOP congressman and advisor to the House

January 6th committee, Denver Riggelman. Welcome back to the News Hour.

Thanks for having me. These pardons, I mean, this is a real body blow for the U.S. justice system

in the sense that this was the single largest criminal investigation in U.S. history.

Nearly every FBI field office, nearly every U.S. history. Nearly every FBI field office, nearly every

U.S. Attorney's Office were involved in these prosecutions. Now, all but 14 people have been

pardoned. The other 14 had their sentences commuted. How does all of this land with you?

It's heinous. We have insurrectionists that were actually pardoned,

and I think it's just ludicrous that that's happening in the United States of America. I don't

think it's just a body blow against the Department of Justice. I think it's a body blow against

the American people. And the fact is that the Republican Party can't claim to run a law and order

ever again. And for me personally, knowing what happened that day,

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