OHIO — It’s been almost four years since the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and there are hundreds of people who have been convicted for their role in that event.

What You Need To Know

• Jared Kastner was convicted in the attack on the Capitol on January 6th, 2021


• He hopes to be granted a pardon with President-elect Donald Trump taking office 


• Kastner said he was not expecting violence on January 6th, 2021, but instead there to listen to speakers and attend events

But with President-Elect Donald Trump set to take office again in just about two months, many believe those convictions could soon be pardoned.

In the lead up to Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump said on multiple occasions he would pardon the people who were convicted for their roles in the attack on the Capitol on January 6th, 2021. 

One of those men is Jared Kastner.

“I was first charged on December 6th of 2021, my trial got delayed and I was finally convicted in April and then I was sentenced in October, I was sentenced to five months incarceration and I am waiting a report to jail date,” said Jared Kastner, a Jan. 6 defendant.

Kastner is hopeful that he will not have to report to jail, and that he’ll be granted a pardon when President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January.

“I remember the President saying that he would pardon January 6thers on day one,” Kastner said.

The Beavercreek resident said while he did witness some violence from others that day, he was at the Capitol on January 6th to attend events and listen to the speakers.

“I was not at all expecting any of the violence or bad deeds that took place,” Kastner said.  

Kastner was convicted on four separate counts, ranging from disorderly conduct to parading, demonstrating or picketing inside the Capitol.

His attorney is John Pierce, who represents several of the defendants charged in connection with that day. Pierce said that typically an attorney applies for a pardon on behalf of their client. He said the United States Pardon Attorney's Office would then go through and evaluate each application. 

“I would expect and hope that this would be more a situation where when President Trump is inaugurated, he takes very quick, decisive actions and issues blanket pardons that would not require a lengthy process for each individual defendant,” said John Pierce, Attorney with John Pierce Law.

The issue has lawmakers and others like Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green wanting Donald Trump to pardon defendants charged in the Jan. 6 riot.