Out of all of Donald Trump’s supporters, Derrick Evans has a particular reason to be happy with November’s election results – he hopes the president-elect will give him a pardon for participating in the 6 January riots at the US Capitol.

Kansans punished for participating in the riot at the nation’s Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 may soon get some help from the next president of the U.S. Donald Trump won his bid for reelection in the General Election,

The president-elect has promised to pardon some Capitol rioters. His campaign has said he will decide which ones on a “case-by-case” basis.

Now, with the accused instigator of that insurrection about to take office as president, dozens of violent rioters are pinning their hopes on Trump’s promise to issue pardons for the attack, which he recently called “a day of love.

Trump promised to pardon Jan. 6 rioters. Their supporters expect him to fulfill that pledge. CNN's Donie O'Sullivan reports. ‘I know he’s going to pardon me’: Jailed January 6 rioter on Trump’s victory Bitcoin continues to soar after Trump's win.

Ty Cobb, who served as White House attorney during President-elect Trump’s first term, said that it would be a “tragic event” if Trump pardoned Jan. 6 rioters. “I don’t think anybody in our history has more tarnished the rule of law than Donald Trump and I don’t think it restrains him at all,