Capitol rioter pardoned by Trump given life sentence for molesting two children
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#741QN)
Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, of Florida among several January 6 defendants charged with new crimes
A Florida handyman who was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for molesting two children had been convicted of storming the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, but pardoned by Donald Trump.
Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, is among several January 6 defendants who have been charged with new crimes since Trump's sweeping act of clemency for Capitol rioters. On his first day back in the White House last year, Trump pardoned, commuted prison sentences for or ordered the dismissal of cases for all 1,500-plus people charged in the attack.
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