January 6 rioter who was pardoned by Trump arrested for burglary [View all]

Source: The Guardian

A participant in the January 6 attack pardoned by Donald Trump was recently arrested for burglary and vandalism in Virginia in what is believed to be the first incidence of new charges for a person who took part in the 2021 US Capitol insurrection.

Zachary Alam received one of the longest prison sentences, eight years, for his part in the violence committed in Washington DC by Trump supporters attempting to keep him in office after his 2020 election defeat by Joe Biden.

The judge at his sentencing noted that officers called him “by far the loudest, the most combative and the most violent of the rioters”.

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Officers from Henrico county arrested him on 9 May in a neighborhood just outside Richmond after residents said an unknown man had entered their house and taken several items, the Washington Post reported.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/20/january-6-rioter-arrested-burglary