Among those who breached the Capitol and were federally charged include at least 26 suspects arrested in or from Michigan, of whom 20 received sentences ranging from home confinement to five years in prison, according to U.S. Attorney’s Office data and other media reports.

Some of the president's own team had signalled not all of those arrested over the Capitol riot would be released - until Monday.

Republicans are bending over backward to excuse Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons of the January 6 insurrectionists.