Four years after they raided the Capitol and assaulted police officers, a group of some of the most violent Jan. 6 rioters are now free men.

The return of battle-hardened leaders ... will further radicalize and fuel recruitment platforms,” said Jacob Ware, a Council on Foreign Relations research fellow.

The newly freed founder of the anti-government group the Oath Keepers stood outside the D.C. jail early Tuesday, awaiting the release of Jan. 6 defendants after President Donald Trump issued sweeping pardons,