President Trump promised to take “action” on behalf of those who were imprisoned for the January 6, 2021 riot, contrasting Capitol protesters with President Biden’s late-term pardons for offenders “very, very guilty of very bad crimes.” President Trump promised to take “action” on behalf of those who were imprisoned for the January 6, 2021 riot, contrasting Capitol protesters with President Biden’s late-term pardons for offenders “very, very guilty of very bad crimes.”