Pardoned January 6 rioters were celebrated as heroes The first major conservative gathering since Trump's inauguration.

Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, was among a group of pardoned Jan. 6 defendants who were denied access to CPAC, the conservative political event, when it opened this week, drawing fierce criticism from one of President Donald Trump’s most die-hard constituencies.

Individuals pardoned by President Trump over their involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot are off-stage stars at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this year. More than a dozen of the “J6ers” are in attendance at the gathering of conservatives,

Steve Bannon, after calling for Trump to be President for life, did a Nazi salute on stage at CPAC. Nazism has officially taken over the GOP. The few remaining conservatives have a choice: either leave the party and obstruct it—or choose to be complicit. pic.twitter.com/94o5Kj69Le

Steve Bannon has been accused of making a Nazi salute at a conservative gathering where President Donald Trump is slated to speak this weekend but says the gesture was merely “a wave.”

French far-right leader Jordan Bardella canceled his planned CPAC remarks after Steve Bannon made a hand gesture that some said appeared to be a Nazi salute.

Elon Musk wielded a chainsaw on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday and drew instant ridicule online. The power tool had earlier been gifted to Musk by Argentine President Javier Milei,