President Trump’s sweeping pardons of more than 1,500 people charged with crimes related to the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, ...

GOP lawmakers had said repeatedly that violent offenders shouldn’t be pardoned and clemency should be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Some of Georgia’s, South Carolina’s and Alabama’s most high-profile lawmakers shared their reactions as President Donald Trump took the oath of office for his second term.