In 2025, President Trump pardoned more than 1,500 of the Jan.6 rioters who ransacked the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election. In addition to being convicted of crimes, many of the Jan. 6ers paid fines, the bulk of which went toward repairing the damage to the Capitol. After being pardoned, some of them want their money back. Today on the show, are they entitled to get those fines refunded?  The Indicator has a weekly newsletter! Be among the first and sign-up now: <a href="http://npr.org/newsletter/indicator"target="_blank" >npr.org/indicatornewsletter</a>  Related episodes: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/01/06/954153248/chaos-at-the-capitol"target="_blank" >Chaos At The Capitol</a><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/02/21/nx-s1-5721118/supreme-court-justices-ruling-trump-tariffs-section-122"target="_blank" >The Supreme Court struck down a bunch of Trump’s tariffs. Now what? </a> For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org</a>. Fact-checking by <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1268825622/sierra-juarez"target="_blank" >Sierra Juarez</a>. Music by <a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/"target="_blank" >Drop Electric</a>. Find us: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney"target="_blank" >TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/"target="_blank" >Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney"target="_blank" >Facebook</a>, <a href="http://npr.org/indicatornewsletter"target="_blank" >Newsletter</a>.   See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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