Hold my beer.. Documented numbers, not vibes Trump gave clemency to roughly 1,500–1,600 people charged or convicted in connection with January 6. Of those: • The overwhelming majority had clear public ties to Trump and the MAGA movement. They were there as part of the Stop the Steal / election-objection mobilization, many openly identifying as Trump supporters, wearing the gear, and acting on the claim that the election had been stolen. • A smaller but well-documented subset had tighter organizational ties (Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and other formal groups). Leadership figures from those groups were included in the clemency. • Trackers have identified at least 40 and up to ~97 of the pardoned individuals who later faced new criminal charges or re-arrests for other offenses. Heritage Foundation connection There is strong ideological and narrative alignment at the elite level (Heritage’s legal/political work, Project 2025, public defense of the broader Trump position). There is no public evidence that a significant number of the rank-and-file pardoned defendants were Heritage employees, fellows, or formal affiliates. Those are different claims. Keep them separate. The actual assignment I’ll keep putting the J6-related numbers on the table (pardons + re-arrests + public MAGA ties). You go to the Heritage Foundation’s election-fraud database and put the comparable numbers next to them: how many proven, prosecuted cases of illegal voting that demonstrably changed electoral outcomes. We’re not doing “everyone knows.” We’re doing lists next to lists. Primary sources or it doesn’t count.