18 Utahns have records cleared by Trump’s pardon of Jan. 6 participants

John Sullivan, an activist who was convicted of having a weapon at the Capitol, will be released from prison.

(Graham Dickie | The New York Times) Supporters gather on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, outside the District of Columbia Detention Facility, the local jail in Washington, as they await the release of people charged in connection with the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

By Nate Carlisle | FOX 13

| Jan. 21, 2025, 4:34 p.m.

| Updated: 8:49 p.m.

One Inauguration Day action by President Donald Trump is already having an impact on some Utahns.

Trump issued sweeping pardons to Jan. 6 defendants and ordered the Justice Department to dismiss the indictments of those with pending cases.

That means 18 Utahns convicted or charged in connection to the Capitol riot will receive clemency.

For one of those — activist John Sullivan, who was convicted of having a weapon at the Capitol — it means being released from prison.

Brad Bokoski of Eagle Mountain is another Utahn who will be exonerated. He and his son were convicted of nonviolent misdemeanors and have been serving probation.

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