Rioter Pardoned by Trump Found Guilty of Child Sex Abuse
Andrew Paul Johnson was convicted of five charges including molesting children and exposing himself; prosecutors say he tried to silence a victim with a $10 million restitution claim.
- On Tuesday, a Hernando County jury found Andrew Paul Johnson guilty on five counts, including molesting a child under 12 and exposing himself to children, prosecutors said.
- Arrested last August, Johnson was charged after investigators probed reports he inappropriately touched minors and attempted to silence a victim with a $10,000,000 claim, according to police.
- Court records allege physical and sexual assaults, lewd exhibition, and electronically transmitting material harmful to a minor, supported by an 11-year-old's account and Discord messages showing Johnson sneaking to a child's home.
- William Forgie said Johnson faces up to life in prison at his March sentencing, with a 25-year minimum on some counts.
- Amid debate over pardons, this conviction joins other post-pardon criminal cases involving more than 1,500 pardoned individuals, while the White House has not answered NPR on compensation and Trump said, `These were peaceful people, these were great people.
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Capitol rioter pardoned by Trump convicted of child sex abuse
A Florida man pardoned by President Trump after storming the U.S. Capitol in 2021 has been convicted of sex crimes involving two children. Andrew Paul Johnson, a 45-year-old handyman, was found guilty on Tuesday of five charges, including the molestation of one victim under the age of 12 and another under 16, Hernando County prosecutors announced on Wednesday. Related Articles DC cop wounded on Jan. 6 nearly comes to blows at Jack …
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US Capitol rioter pardoned by Trump found guilty of child sex abuse
Andrew Paul Johnson, a Florida handyman, was convicted of five charges, including molesting a child under 12 and another child under 16, as well as for lewd and lascivious exhibition by a Hernando County jury, NPR first reported.
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