WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse issued the following press release:
On the fifth anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced a pair of bills to prevent January 6 rioters from receiving payouts from the federal government.
Nearly 400 people (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-10/trump-pardoned-them-for-jan-6-now-they-want-millions-of-dollars) whom the Trump Administration pardoned or granted clemency to after their involvement in the violent January 6 attacks are now seeking millions of dollars in taxpayer funds because they were prosecuted for their criminal actions. Most claimants are seeking $1 million to $10 million from the U...