Trump issues sweeping pardon of 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, including rioters who attacked police

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMANWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned or commuted the prison sentences of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including people convicted of seditious conspiracy and assaulting police officers, using his clemency powers on his first day…