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Federal judge grills Trump's Justice Department over argument that Jan. 6 pardon covers a separate gun case

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U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich questioned Justice Department attorney Jennifer Leigh Blackwell .

Wilson pleaded guilty in May 2024 to three separate crimes: one charge of conspiracy to impede or injure an officer, for his conduct at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 .

Wilson was then freed from prison, but the government told the court early this month that Wilson was "erroneously released" Wilson had been ordered to finish serving out his sentence on the gun charges.