Enrique Tarrio, the former national chair of the Proud Boys, told Newsmax on Wednesday how grateful he was that President Donald Trump kept his promise to pardon most of those charged by the Biden administration’s Department of Justice after the events of Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol.

Trump issued the pardons Monday for roughly 1,500 defendants in cases related to Jan. 6 hours after being sworn into office.

“I think I speak for all J-Sixers when I say we’re super thankful,” Tarrio told “Greg Kelly Reports.” “But we knew that this was coming. We knew that we had a president, that his motto is ‘promises made, promises kept.’ And because of that, many, many families are reunited.”

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