Freed Jan. 6 Prisoners Seek Congressional Office

While many of the pardoned Jan. 6 defendants are quietly rebuilding their lives after four years of prosecutions and scrutiny, a few are jumping back into the political fray with high ambitions. At least two are campaigning to hold office in the U.S. Capitol, the site of a protest that turned violent on Jan. 6, 2021, leading to criminal charges against nearly 1,600 participants, a fraction of whom were charged with violent offenses. They were part of a massive rally for President Donald Trump as he disputed his 2020 election loss; Trump granted clemency to all defendants this year after voters returned him to office....