At least seven men from the Inland Empire will be pardoned after President Donald Trump’s inauguration-day pardon of Jan. 6 defendants.
Those include Daniel Joseph Rodriguez of Fontana, Erik Scott Warner of Menifee, Felipe Antonio Martinez of Lake Elsinore, Derek Kinnison of Lake Elsinore, Ronald Mele of Temecula, Christina Kelso of Thermal, and Andrew Hernandez of Riverside.
Trump’s executive order said that he does hereby “grant a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,” and ordered the immediate release of the prisoners.
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