An Open Letter to President Donald J. Trump from the January 6th Community

Mr. President,

We write to you as the men and women who stood by you when it was neither popular nor safe to do so. We write as the citizens who carried the weight of a weaponized government, who endured years of persecution at the hands of Biden’s Department of Justice, and who bore the labels of “domestic terrorists” for no crime greater than defending our nation and its Constitution.

We write as patriots, as Americans, and as those who still believe in you.

Mr. President, you know better than anyone the price we have paid. Solitary confinement. Closed bank accounts. Denied air travel. Home evictions. Jobs lost. Families torn apart. Social media smear campaigns. We were locked away and ridiculed, called traitors when all we ever wanted was for our government to honor the laws and liberties our Founders gave us.

We became the pebble that started the ripple—the spark that gave America time to see the truth about the Left’s plan to strangle free speech, weaponize government, and bury the Constitution under the rubble of authoritarianism.

We did this not for fame, not for wealth, but because we believed in the America you promised and in the future our children deserve.

When you returned to the White House, you did what no other leader would have done: you pardoned us. Within hours of your inauguration, more than 1,400 Americans walked free because you kept your word. That moment was a light in the darkness. It reminded us why we believed in you. It showed us that loyalty to you had never been misplaced—because you returned that loyalty with action.

But Mr. President, we must tell you the truth: the fight is not finished.

Nearly ten months have passed since the pardons, and yet many of us remain in ruin. We are still without homes. We are still burdened with debts and legal bills that crush our families. We are still locked out of jobs, out of banking systems, and out of the lives we once knew. Winter is coming again, and for many, survival remains uncertain.

We know this is not what you wanted. We know you told America during your campaign that we would be made whole. But the people around you—your gatekeepers—are not carrying out your vision.

Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has the power to settle our claims against the government, has turned a deaf ear. Kash Patel, now Director of the FBI, knows what his agency did to us under Biden, yet he has offered us no justice. These are not enemies in name, but their silence has wounded us as surely as Biden’s DOJ once did. They smile in your face while ignoring your promises.

Mr. President, we are not asking for pity. We are asking for justice.

• We ask for financial redress from a government that stripped us of everything.

• We ask for the same compassion and urgency you have shown to America’s veterans.

• We ask for recognition—not as criminals, but as patriots.

We believe the time has come for something more than pardons. We believe it is time for America to recognize our sacrifices with a special medal—the highest honor of patriotism this country can give. Not for vanity, but for history. So that our children and grandchildren may know the truth: that we stood for freedom when it mattered most, and that our country was grateful.

Mr. President, our loyalty to you has never wavered, even in the darkest hours of prison cells, even when we were mocked by the media, even when our own government treated us as enemies of the state. We have remained faithful because we know you are faithful.

But now we need you to know this: the January 6th community is hurting. And without your intervention—without your voice cutting through the silence of your gatekeepers—our sacrifices may be forgotten.

We trust you, Mr. President. We stood for you. We stood for America. And we still stand today. All we ask is that our nation stand with us.

With enduring loyalty,

The January 6th Community