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A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse

NPR Topics: NewsΒ·@TomDreisbachΒ·2 months ago
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Tom Dreisbach Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing children. Johnson received a full pardon from President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot. Dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into legal trouble since their pardons. Hernando County Sheriff's Office hide caption Just months after President Trump's mass pardons for Jan. 6 rioters freed him from prison, a Florida man repeatedly sexually abused two middle-school aged children. On Thursday, the man, Andrew Paul Johnson, was sentenced to life in prison, after a Florida jury found him guilty of five criminal charges, including molestation, lewd and lascivious exhibition and transmission of material harmful to a minor. Police reported that Johnson, 45, tried to keep the children quiet by telling them he would share millions of dollars in restitution money he expected to receive from the Trump administration in connection with his Jan. 6 case. "He said not to tell anybody," one of Johnson's victims testified.…

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