President Trump's order impacts both convictions and pending cases. It says approximately 300 pending cases should be dismissed, including some in Illinois.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) joins Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC to discuss his reactions to the pardoning of Jan. 6 rioters who ‘unmercifully’ beat Capitol Police, ‘several within an inch of their life’.

The scope of the pardons suggests that virtually all those implicated will see those charges wiped clean, following one of the largest criminal probes in American history.