Factbox- January 6, 2007. Accused getting pardon from Trump by Reuters.

By Sarah N. Lynch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump issued a major pardon on Monday, pardoning nearly all of the more than 1,500 people accused of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and commuted the sentences of 14 others.

Here are some of the most famous defendants to receive a pardon or commutation.

HENRY ‘ENRIQUE’ TARRIO

Tario, chairman of the far-right Proud Boys, received a full pardon from Trump.

Tario has been charged with crimes, including conspiracy, for his role in orchestrating a Capitol riot to stop Congress from defeating President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

He was sentenced to 22 years in prison – the longest sentence of any of the January 6 defendants.

Unlike the other defendants on trial, Tario was not present on the day of the attack on the Capitol in Washington, DC.

Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Ethan Nordian, and Dominic Pezzola

Biggs, Rehl and Nordean all played lead roles in The Proud Boys and were tried with Tario for conspiracy and other crimes.

The three received some of the longest prison terms for the Jan. 6 defendants: Nordian got 18 years, Biggs 17 and Rell 15.

Pezzola was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of assaulting former Capitol Police officer Mark Ode by stealing his riot shield and breaking a window in the Capitol. He was the only defendant in the trial who did not have a leadership position among the proud men.

Trump commuted their sentences.

Elmer Stewart Rhodes

Rhodes is the founder of the armed group Oath Guard. He was convicted of violent conspiracy.

Rhodes did not enter the US Capitol on January 6, but was found guilty of conspiring to use force against Congress to prevent the certification of election. He was accused of helping to store weapons at a hotel in nearby Virginia that could be taken across the river to Washington.

Rhodes vowed to “expose the criminality of this regime” from his prison cell, saying he had no regrets about his sentence. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Trump commuted the sentence.

Kelly Meggs

Meggs was the leader of a Florida chapter of the Oath Keepers accused of violent conspiracy and other crimes. His wife, Connie, was also indicted, and later convicted in a separate trial for her role in the Capitol attack.

Trump commuted Kelly Meggs’ 12-year sentence on Monday. His wife was pardoned like the other accused on January 6.

Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins and Thomas Caldwell.

Oath Guard associates Harrelson, Watkins, and Caldwell, along with Rhodes and Kelly Meggs, were charged with violent conspiracy.

The jury acquitted them of that charge, but found them guilty of several other crimes. Trump revised all three penalties on Monday.

Watkins, a transgender woman, spoke during the trial about her struggles with identity while serving in the military, while Harrelson was sentenced to 8.5 years, while Harrelson received four years.

Caldwell, who has never been a member of a jury, was convicted earlier this month of one count of tampering with evidence.

Convictions of obstruction of justice have been overturned following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the way the law can be used to prosecute defendants.

Roberto Minuta, Edward Vallejo, Joseph Hackett, and David Morschel.

Minuta, Vallejo, Hackett and Moerschel were tried separately from Rhodes on charges of violent conspiracy and convicted by a panel of sworn guards.

Hackett was sentenced to 42 months, while Morschel received three years. Minuta, meanwhile, was sentenced to 4-1/2 years and Vallejo got three.

Trump commuted their sentences.