From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisi, and this is The Daily.

Since the riot on Capitol Hill four years ago, they were peaceful, they were orderly and meek.

These were not insurrectionists, they were sightseers.

President-elect Donald Trump and his allies have set out to sanitize the events of that day.

They're not destroying the Capitol. They obviously revere the Capitol.

Changing it from a day of violence into, in Trump's words,

That was a day of love.

A day of love.

And it was love and peace.

As he prepares to take office for his second term,

Trump said he plans to issue pardons to some of those responsible,

throwing hundreds of criminal cases into doubt. As everyone knows, it will be my great honor to pardon the peaceful January 6th protesters or, as I often call them,

the hostages, they're hostages. Today, my colleague Alan Foyer talks to one of those rioters

and explains how the pardons could help rewrite the story of what happened on January 6th.

It's Monday, January 6th.

Alan, welcome back to the show.

Thanks for having me.

So, Alan, it's been exactly four years since January 6th. You've been our guide for understanding

that day and the legal consequences for those involved. Donald Trump's win, of course,

throws those consequences into doubt. But before we get to how this landscape might all be about

to change, let's start with the basics. So as of today, January 6, 2025,

give us a summary of where things stand with the legal cases of the people who participated.

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