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On the day Joe Biggs found out he was being released from a lengthy jail sentence by the newly inaugurated Donald Trump, a prison officer was on hand to dampen his mood.
“You're still gonna get screwed,” Biggs recalls the guard warning him. “You're not getting pardoned. You're only getting your sentence commuted, so you're still a terrorist.”
It would turn out to be a prescient parting shot.
But a much smaller group of 14 people, Biggs included, had their sentences commuted without a pardon, meaning they were released from jail with their crimes still on the books.
“I’m extremely disappointed in him,” Biggs, a former leader of the far-Right Proud Boys who received one of the highest sentences of the January 6 attackers, says of Trump.
What he does regret, however, is not getting a pardon. As a retired veteran, Biggs received a monthly pension that provided a large part of his income. He also received health care through the Veteran’s Affairs agency to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and a traumatic brain injury he suffered while deployed to Iraq, for which he received a Purple Heart.
All of that was cut off as a result of his conviction.
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“You're still gonna get screwed,” Biggs recalls the guard warning him. “You're not getting pardoned. You're only getting your sentence commuted, so you're still a terrorist.”
It would turn out to be a prescient parting shot.
But a much smaller group of 14 people, Biggs included, had their sentences commuted without a pardon, meaning they were released from jail with their crimes still on the books.
“I’m extremely disappointed in him,” Biggs, a former leader of the far-Right Proud Boys who received one of the highest sentences of the January 6 attackers, says of Trump.
What he does regret, however, is not getting a pardon. As a retired veteran, Biggs received a monthly pension that provided a large part of his income. He also received health care through the Veteran’s Affairs agency to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and a traumatic brain injury he suffered while deployed to Iraq, for which he received a Purple Heart.
All of that was cut off as a result of his conviction.
A former Proud Boys leader was freed from a 17-year prison sentence by Trump. Then his problems began
Joe Biggs is one of only 14 people in the entire country to face any lasting legal consequences for the Capitol attack, writes Richard Hall.
