New London Man Among Those Pardoned By Trump For Jan. 6 Attack

NEW LONDON, CT — A New London man is among the 11 Connecticut residents President Donald Trump pardoned who were charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Jeremy K. Baouche, 25, of New London, had been charged with parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building and was among those pardoned.

The former Electric Boat engineer was sentenced to 30 days in federal prison.

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Overall, Trump extended pardons to more than 1,500 charged in the attacks. He also commuted the sentences of another 14 people, including leaders of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys in some of the most serious and high-profile cases.

Trump's decision to pardon those involved in the attack amounted to a sweeping cloak of impunity for his supporters who upended the country’s tradition of peaceful transfers of power by trying to overturn his election defeat four years ago. Trump described them as “hostages” and said he expected them to be freed shortly.

"These mass pardons are sickening— the ultimate disrespect for police officers who were assaulted brutally by criminal rioters, suffering lasting injuries, & death in some cases," Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter.