Print edition highlights January 30, 2025
The words “Pardoned by Pres. Trump” is emblazoned on all sides of Lynn Nester’s Ford Escape.
Just hours after President Donald Trump was sworn into office for his second term on January 20 he issued a proclamation granting pardons and commutation of sentences for certain offenses relating to the events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. Trump commuted the sentences of 14 individuals, including members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, to time served as of January 20, 2025. A full, complete and unconditional pardon was given to all other individuals convicted; the Attorney General issued the immedate release of those currently held in prison. Lynn Nester, of Dillsburg, was one of the J6ers released that day. Nester was serving time at the Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix, N.J. He was sentenced to 10 months in prison on July 19, 2024 by Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He began serving his time on Sept. 12, 2024. “I skipped chow,” Nester said, to watch the President read and sign the proclamation on the prison's TV at around 5 p.m. Nester said he knew something was up, when later that evening, the room number of a fellow J6er was announced over the loud speaker and he noticed the release and detention building’s lights were on, which was unusual for that time of night, he noted. Nester said he had a “huge smile” on his face when he was called down to the officer on duty. “Pack your stuff you are going home,” the officer told him at 9:30 p.m. “I was already packed to go Monday morning,” Nester revealed, feeling optimistic that he would be released. Many inmates congrat- ulated him on his way out; there was no animosity, he said.
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