President Trump said there was “a lot of talk about” creating a compensation fund because they had lost wages and other opportunities because they were prosecuted for storming the Capitol.

In March 2025, a claim that U.S. President Donald Trump was considering compensation for the Jan. 6, 2021, rioters was shared widely online. Trump's purported comments supporting this compensation emerged months after he pardoned all Jan. 6 rioters who were convicted of a criminal offense for their actions that day.

Minnesota senators debated Thursday whether to condemn President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon of Jan. 6 rioters and pushed off a possible vote on the resolution until next week. Upon taking office in January,