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Man pardoned for Jan. 6 Capitol riot receives life sentence in Florida child molestation case
Andrew Paul Johnson was convicted of multiple child-sex crimes using online grooming and bribery, and sentenced to life in prison despite receiving a presidential pardon in January 2025.
- On Thursday, Andrew Paul Johnson, a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant from Brooksville, was sentenced to life after a jury found him guilty earlier this year of molestation and transmitting harmful material to a minor.
- Johnson met the boy's mother at a political rally in 2023 and later stayed in their home as a handyman, using gifts and promises of restitution to groom the boy and a 12-year-old girl.
- Investigators recovered explicit messages on Discord and a phone Johnson had given a victim, and both victims testified about repeated abuse, with one saying 'He said not to tell anybody'.
- House Democrats introduced legislation to block federal payouts to former Jan. 6 defendants, while Congressman Jamie Raskin said the case shows pardons make Americans less safe and 'They think they're untouchable'.
- The Justice Department paid nearly five million to Ashli Babbitt's family, fueling debate on taxpayer payouts as the political right portrays Jan. 6 defendants as 'victims.
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Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to prison for his role in storming Congress. But the 45-year-old was pardoned by Trump. Now Johnson has been sentenced to life in prison for sexual abuse of children, writes NPR.
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Capitol rioter pardoned by Trump gets a life sentence for molesting 2 children
A Florida handyman who was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for molesting two children had been convicted of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but was pardoned by President Donald Trump.Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, is among several Jan. 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 …
Tearful Jan 6 rioter freed by Trump given life sentence for molesting 11-year-old boy
As anyone with a functioning brain cell could have predicted, Donald Trump’s decision to free hundreds of violent, insane criminals has blown up in his face. What did he think would happen if you let a give these drooling lunatics a pat on the head for giving in to their worst impulses? Well, imagine no longer, as Andrew Paul Johnson, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter, has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty in February of multiple …
Brooksville Jan. 6 defendant sentenced to life for molesting two children after Trump pardon
A Brooksville man who was previously charged in connection with the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing two children in Hernando County.
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