Floridians walked out of Coleman federal prison in Sumter County and found a small crowd of family and supporters cheering in the cold. The men were among the 1,500 or so across the country pardoned by President Donald Trump on Monday for crimes committed at the Jan.

Federal prosecutors in the now-disbanded Capitol Siege Section of the D.C. U.S. attorney's office spent much of the last four years prosecuting cases against Jan. 6 rioters.

A federal judge barred the founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and several associates convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack from entering Washington — or the US Capitol building — without his permission first.