Washington, D.C
Hero's welcome: Pardoned Jan. 6 inmates released from DC jail to cheers
Waves of people imprisoned for crimes at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were released from D.C.’s jail to cheers late Tuesday, after President Donald Trump pardoned them on his first day back in office.
A handful of inmates were released from the jail in Southeast and were welcomed by family members and overjoyed J6 supporters, including members of the far right group the Proud Boys. News4 video shows a hero’s welcome, with smiles, hugs and a crowd singing “God Bless America.”
Pardoned J6ers called their release a victory for patriots.
“We are back – the patriots. We don’t have to crawl in the back corners of Facebook and Instagram, being censored. We’ve got X, we’ve got Trump, we’ve got Musk. We’ve got the dream team!” pardoned defendant Jake Lang said.
He was accused of crimes including assaulting, resisting or impeding officers, and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds.
“President Trump, I love you. We’ll always have your back. You had our back; we got your back. We’re ready for a new country, ready for a great country, and I feel good. I feel amazing. We should all feel amazing,” pardoned defendant Robert Turner said.
He was convicted of crimes including assaulting, resisting or impeding officers, and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds.
Pardoned J6er Greg Purdy said Americans must find unity despite what we called differences of opinion.
“To my liberal brothers and sisters, I reach my arm across and I say, let’s find common ground. Let’s work together and let’s focus on the future.”
Purdy was convicted of crimes including assaulting, resisting or impeding officers, and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds.
Trump pardoned about 1,500 criminal defendants convicted of or accused of crimes on Jan. 6, 2021, including of people convicted of brutal assaults on officers at the U.S. Capitol. Trump commuted the sentences of 14 others. The president did not distinguish between violent and non-violent defendants, as some expected he would.
The crowd and police presence outside the jail had thinned by midnight Tuesday. Officers returned early Wednesday as more inmates are expected to be released. About 20 J6 inmates were imprisoned at the jail. It’s unclear how many more are set to be released Wednesday or when.
Defendants convicted in the Jan. 6 insurrection are being released from prisons across the U.S. after being pardoned by President Donald Trump. Some have made their way to D.C.’s jail to await the release of inmates there. News4’s Ted Oberg reports.
In an interview with the News4 I-Team just days ago, as J6 pardons were expected, departing U.S. Attorney for D.C. Matt Graves said pardons are a political act. The mob’s violent attacks on officers were extensively documented on video. Nothing can erase the record of what happened that day, Graves said, and the fact of what individuals chose to do remains.
As D.C. Officer Mike Fanone worked to protect the Capitol on Jan. 6, rioters dragged him into a crowd, beat him and shocked him with a stun gun. His own body camera captured the attack. He suffered a heart attack and ultimately resigned from the police department.
One of his attackers, Daniel Rodriguez, pleaded guilty to multiple federal charges, including injuring an officer with a violent weapon, and was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison. He’s now been fully pardoned.
“I feel betrayed,” Fanone told News4. “I feel betrayed by my country.”
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Washington, D.C
Man in critical condition after water rescue in Southwest DC
WASHINGTON – A man is in critical condition after falling into the Anacostia River in Southwestern Washington, D.C., Friday night.
What we know:
D.C. Fire and EMS reported the rescue effort shortly after 10 p.m. at James Creek Marina in Buzzard Point.
Crews believe a man fell from the dock into the water.
By 10:30 p.m., crews were able to pull the man out of the water.
Paramedics took him to the hospital in critical condition.
What we don’t know:
Officials did not identify the man who was rescued. No other information was immediately available.
The Source: Information in this story is from the D.C. Fire and EMS Department.
Washington, D.C
DC’s baseball team faces potential DOJ probe after exec allegedly admitted to religious discrimination
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FIRST ON FOX — Washington, D.C.’s professional baseball franchise could come under Justice Department scrutiny after a viral video showed a team executive appearing to admit to his religious discrimination against a Christian player.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., is urging Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon to investigate alleged religious discrimination against players for the Washington Nationals, according to a letter sent Thursday to and first obtained by Fox News Digital.
The letter comes after Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe published a secretly recorded video of Washington Nationals Director of Community Relations Sean Hudson saying the team does not include pitcher Trevor Williams in certain social media promotion.
He cited the player’s public criticism of another Major League Baseball franchise for hosting a drag group mocking Catholics.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., is urging the Department of Justice to investigate alleged religious discrimination within the Washington Nationals organization and across Major League Baseball. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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“According to the reporting by James O’Keefe, it appears the Washington Nationals are engaged in unlawful religious discrimination,” Boebert told Fox News Digital in a written statement. “I urge the DOJ to take immediate and decisive action.”
A spokesperson for the Justice Department said they received Boebert’s letter.
“The Department is reviewing the matter and will evaluate all appropriate next steps. As always, we remain committed to enforcing federal law and protecting civil rights,” they told Fox News Digital.
A spokesperson for the Washington Nationals did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Hudson, in the clandestine recording, pointed to Williams’ public objections to the Los Angeles Dodgers honoring the Sisterhood of Perpetual Indulgence — a drag group that dresses as nuns — during the team’s 2023 “Pride Night.
The event also drew condemnation from multiple Catholic bishops, who described it as “blasphemous.”
Trevor Williams of the Washington Nationals sits in the dugout before a game against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Wash., on May 28, 2025. (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)
Williams said he found the group’s anti-Catholic demonstration featuring vulgar caricatures of the crucifixion and sacred rituals to be “deeply offensive,” in an interview with Bishop Robert Barron last year. The professional baseball player said he made the decision with his wife to speak out even though it would put “a target on our back.”
“Baseball stadiums should be a place where everyone feels welcomed, like 100%,” Williams said in the interview. “We should all feel welcomed there. But that was clearly against one certain religion. If you don’t draw the line in the sand, who’s gonna do it?”
According to Hudson, that public criticism of the drag group’s performance later affected Williams’ opportunities at the Nationals franchise.
“Because of that we don’t use him on social [media],” Hudson told an undercover journalist in the video. “When they’re like ‘is a hot dog a sandwich’ and the players come up, we don’t ask him.”
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Boebert said she is concerned that Hudson’s admission could mean the franchise violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on religion and other protected classes.
“Americans of faith should not face professional repercussions for objecting to the mockery of their sacred traditions,” the Colorado Republican said in the letter. “MLB’s privileged legal position should not become a license for exclusionary practices.”
“Sister Unity” and “Sister Dominia” of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence were honored on Pride Night before the MLB game between the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 16, 2023. (Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire)
Hudson, in the video, described himself as “far-left leaning” and nonreligious. Meanwhile, he called Williams “super Catholic.”
The Washington Nationals executive also boasted about a Communist Party poster in his office and mused about pushing redistribution of wealth and other leftist agendas during baseball games at Nationals Park in Southeast Washington, D.C.
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“What a cool opportunity for us [Nationals] to also, be a little bit of like, the voice of reason,” Hudson said. “And a lot of people will tell you when I come to a baseball game, I don’t want to think about that s–t.”
“If you’re a sports fan and we piss you off, where else are you gonna go,” he went on. “I don’t give a sh–t.”
Washington, D.C
‘Gateway to our city’: $465M grant to renovate Union Station
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday hundreds of millions of dollars to help with what he says are critical structural repairs and upgrades for D.C.’s Union Station.
“It was built in 1908, over a hundred years ago, and it was the largest train station in the world when it was built,” Duffy said. “And over the course of decades, it’s become run-down,” Duffy said.
A $465 million grant aims to ensure the overall experience for those coming and going remains up to par and on track at the transit hub. It will help fast-track repairs like roof upgrades and passenger concourses, Duffy said.
The project includes the Amtrak lounge and the ticket experience.
For some travelers, alternatives to fast food are a must.
Retail, parking and office spaces will be priorities of the project to maximize the station’s revenue, as will public safety.
Already, Columbus Fountain is flowing again after being broken and dry for almost two decades.
“Now when you come out of Union Station, the gateway to our city, you’ll be met with a fountain that is beautiful and a fountain that actually works,” Duffy said.
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