WASHINGTON — It’s been five years since rioters breached the U.S. Capitol to stop the certification of the 2020 Presidential Election, in which Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump.
The milestone comes nearly a year after President Trump, during the first day of his second term, pardoned around 1,500 people convicted in the riots. Among those who received a commuted sentence was Dominic Pezzola of Rochester, who was serving 10 years in prison. Video shows Pezzola smashing a window at the U.S. Capitol with a stolen police shield. At least three other people from the Rochester region were also found guilty or pleaded guilty in relation to the riots. Here’s the latest:
Sentence commuted for Dominic Pezzola
Dominic Pezzola, a self-described Proud Boys member, was among the 14 sentences that President Trump commuted to time served. All of them were associated with far-right groups such as the Proud Boys or Oath Keepers. Also among those commuted was Enrique Tarrio. He was on trial at the same time as Pezzola and, unlike Pezzola, was found guilty of the most serious charge of seditious conspiracy.
Pezzola was found guilty in 2023 of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to prevent Congress from discharging duties, and assaulting/impeding law enforcement. During the trial, Pezzola took the stand, admitting to smashing the window but saying he wasn’t part of a plot to interfere with the presidency. During his sentencing, Pezzola shouted “Trump won” at reporters as he exited the courtroom. The prison in North Carolina that held Pezzola has confirmed that he has been released.
Other local people pardoned
James Mault from Brockport and Cody Mattice from Hilton were both captured on video using pepper spray during the riots. In 2021, they received sentences of three years and eight months in prison with $2,000 in restitution. Both have presumably been pardoned.
In addition, James Weeks of Sodus was seen breaching the Capitol building, striking an officer, and helping to break a window. He pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and was sentenced to just over two years in prison and three years of supervised release. According to FingerLakes1, he was among those pardoned.
What else has happened recently regarding Jan. 6
Since President Trump took office for a second term, Justice Department officials and FBI agents involved in the investigation into Jan. 6 and prosecution have been fired. Dozens of other supporters involved in efforts to overturn the election results have been pre-emptively pardoned.
Trump has said a federally funded compensation fund for Jan. 6 rioters was under discussion “because a lot of the people in government really like that group of people.” Barry Silbermann, an attorney who represents some Jan. 6 defendants, said he has been in communication with the Justice Department about his clients’ claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
His administration has already paid nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, a rioter who was carrying a knife and was killed trying to jump through a broken window to the House Speaker’s Lobby.
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