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Pardoned Jan. 6 defendant convicted in Florida of child sex-abuse offenses, prosecutors say
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Andrew Paul Johnson, a Florida man who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and was later pardoned by President Donald Trump, has been convicted by a Hernando County jury of multiple child sex-abuse-related offenses, including lewd and lascivious exhibition and molestation charges involving a child who was 11 at the time, according to NPR and Florida prosecutors. He is scheduled to be sentenced in March and could face a life sentence.
A federal judge in Delaware has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by James Ray Epps against Fox News over comments made by Tucker Carlson. The ruling came Friday after Epps tried to amend his complaint. The case centered on allegations that Carlson portrayed Epps as a federal agent provocateur during the January 6 riots.
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A group of participants in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot has filed a class action lawsuit in Florida seeking $18 million from the federal government for alleged injuries. The suit, led by former Proud Boys member Alan E. Fischer, accuses Capitol Police and D.C. Metropolitan Police of using excessive force without warning. It comes after President Donald Trump pardoned around 1,500 rioters last year.
President Donald Trump has pardoned two individuals connected to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot investigation. The pardons include a woman convicted of threatening FBI agents and a man imprisoned for illegal firearm possession discovered during the probe. These actions highlight Trump's use of clemency for supporters scrutinized under the prior administration.
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Before dawn on January 19, 2021, FBI agents arrested Thomas E. Caldwell at his Virginia farm amid an investigation into the Oath Keepers and the Capitol attack. In an excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, Caldwell describes the encounter and denies being an Oath Keepers member or entering the Capitol; court records show a jury later acquitted him of conspiracy charges, he was convicted of evidence tampering, sentenced to time served, and in March 2025 he received a presidential pardon.