The leaders of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers were both freed from long sentences by President Donald Trump. Who are they? And what are their groups?

Rhodes and Tarrio were among the most prominent defendants from January 6 and had received some of the harshest punishments.

Stewart Rhodes was serving an 18-year prison sentence for seditious conspiracy when he was freed by President Trump.

President Trump has frequently referred to those jailed over January 6 as "hostages" - now he has issued an executive order pardoning more than 1,500 people involved in the riots.

The move, in effect, validated the far-right leader’s defiant claim that his criminal prosecution was a kind of political persecution.

The Oath Keepers founder met with Republican Rep. Gus Bilirakis of Florida to lobby for a pardon for fellow Oath Keeper and January 6 rioter Jeremy Brown, who was sentenced to seven years in prison on weapons charges.

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, the far-right extremist group leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, has visited Capitol Hill after President Donald Trump commuted

Stewart Rhodes, who was serving an 18-year sentence for his role in the Jan. 6 attack, says he feels "validated" after Trump commuted his sentence.

The former leader of the Proud Boys and the founder of the Oath Keepers have been released from prison after their lengthy sentences for seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol w