Lawfare Finds 97 Trump Jan. 6 Pardon Recipients Tied to New Crimes
Lawfare said the cases span petty offenses to sex crimes, with at least 14 pardon recipients facing child pornography or child sex abuse charges.
- A new Lawfare report finds at least 97 of the nearly 1,600 January 6 rioters granted clemency by President Donald Trump have been accused of new crimes, including serious felonies like grand larceny and plots to assassinate officials.
- President Trump granted the mass pardon on the first day of his second term last year, repeatedly describing recipients as "great people" while defending his $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund to compensate them for what he termed a "crooked government."
- Crimes committed by the pardoned individuals range from property damage and trespassing to serious felonies like reckless homicide and child molestation, according to Lawfare associate editor Katherine Pompilio; the analysis documents at least 14 sex crime charges and six domestic violence cases.
- Andrew Paul Johnson, a pardoned rioter, was sentenced to life in prison this February for child molestation after being released following Trump's clemency; Johnson had sought government compensation while incarcerated at Jackson Correctional Institution in Malone, Florida.
- Unlike parolees, pardoned individuals lack monitoring or oversight, leaving the full extent of recidivism unclear; the administration's compensation plan remains indefinitely on hold after Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche indicated the fund is not moving forward.
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I am so outraged that Donald Trump and his Department of Justice colluded to manipulate the law to steal money, from my pocket, to give to his friends and supporters (like the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrectionists), one of who has been rearrested for possessing images and videos of child sexual abuse as well as material […]
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Granted clemency by Trump, scores of Jan. 6 rioters have been accused of new crimes
WASHINGTON — One was arrested after allegedly threatening a person with a gun in a church parking lot. Another was convicted of felony charges of grand larceny and burglary. Still another was convicted of child molestation. The post Granted clemency by Trump, scores of Jan. 6 rioters have been accused of new crimes appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
Almost 100 January 6 rioters charged with new crimes after being pardoned: report
Sensational stories abound of January 6 rioters who got charged with new crimes after President Donald Trump granted them clemency — but the full figure is much higher than anyone previously realized, Lawfare reported on Thursday.The number of pardoned rioters charged or convicted of new crimes, according to reporter Katherine Pompilio, is at least 97 — or more than 1 in 16 of the total 1,500.These crimes, she continued, "run the gamut from rela…
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