Dems: Rioters Still Owe Millions For Capitol Damage

CBS News reports:

The pardons of more than 1,500 rioters who seized the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 are expected to leave taxpayers on the hook for most of the damage, cleanup and costs of the insurrection.

Although federal judges ordered hundreds of the defendants to make restitution to the federal government to offset the costs of the repairs at the U.S. Capitol, only a fraction was paid before President Trump issued blanket pardons on Jan. 20, hours after his inauguration.

Citing recent reporting by CBS News, Democrats on the U.S. House Oversight Committee opened a review Monday into how much of the millions of dollars in costs went unpaid by rioters.

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Taxpayers were not made fully whole for the millions of dollars of repairs & cleanup from the damage of the US Capitol Insurrection

After the Trump pardons of rioters, defendants are now seeking to get reimbursed from taxpayers for their court-ordered restitution payments

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