WASHINGTON (7News) — All individuals held in the D.C. jail on charges and convictions related to the January 6th riots at the U.S. Capitol have been released, according to the United States Marshals Service (USMS).
7News learned why people who were pardoned for the January 6th attacks days ago are still in jail.
The US Marshals Service told 7News that everyone who is eligible to be released has been.
7 News found Hoang Quan outside the D.C. jail. Quan said he was waiting for his friend Taylor Taranto.
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7News has been at the DC jail all week covering the release of people inmates pardoned for their roles in the capitol attacks. 7News looked into who was left inside and why.
“Since the morning we’ve been watching and waiting he’s still incarcerated,” Quan said. “Illegally detained at this point.”
7News reached out to the US Marshals Service and confirmed that all of the prisoners eligible for release have been unless they have other charges unrelated to the riots.
“Well, his case does involve certain weapons charges but those were in relation to Jan 6th,” Quan claimed. “They came for him on Jan 6th. They illegally searched his belongings. He was carrying his equipment legally.”
7News confirmed Hoang Quan’s friend Taylor Taranto is still locked up and he does have outside charges.
“He was just minding his own business,” Taranto said.
7 News has previously reported on Taranto. In 2023 he was arrested near former President Barack Obama’s home with multiple guns, according to police.
Taranto was also named in a civil lawsuit by D.C. police officer Jeffrey Smith’s wife. Smith died by suicide after the Capitol attack. Taranto was identified and accused of helping another rioter David Walls Kaufman attack Officer Smith. Taranto previously denied it. While Kaufman admitted to it.
7News learned where the inmates went after they were released. The US Marshals Service said if they had family waiting for them outside, then they walked right out those doors. If not they were transported to the home listed on their report.
In a statement, the U.S. Department of Justice confirmed that its component agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia (USAO-DC), are implementing the executive order from President Donald Trump to release defendants involved in January 6th cases.
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“Prisoners who have been sentenced in federal court are housed by BOP. Their release does not require a federal court order,” the statement said. “All affected BOP prisoners have been released.”
The statement further explained that all sentenced individuals in USMS custody have been or will be released, unless they are charged in other cases unrelated to January 6. For pre-sentenced prisoners in USMS custody, the USAO-DC has filed motions to vacate and dismiss pending cases with the U.S. District Court. Once these motions are granted by a federal judge, the USMS will execute the pardon by arranging for each defendant to be returned to the jurisdiction of their federal arrest.
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