Releasing criminals into the streets of America, Donald Trump and his MAGA horde of America haters.
Trump has pardoned thousands of convicted criminals, and way too many of them have been caught again. Trump has made our streets and children less safe with his pardons, especially of pedophiles. Maybe he believes that pedophiles are good people; Trump sure hung around with Epstein.
A Florida man previously pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in the January 6 Capitol riot has now been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing children.
Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, received the sentence Thursday after a Hernando County jury convicted him last month of two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation of a child and one count of electronically transmitting material harmful to a minor. Circuit Judge Stephen Toner handed down the sentence in the Florida case.
Authorities said the abuse began months before Johnson was sentenced in federal court for his role in the Capitol breach.
One of the victims told investigators that the misconduct started around April 2024, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office. Johnson was later sentenced in August 2024 to one year in prison after pleading guilty to four misdemeanor charges tied to the January 6 attack.
Detectives also discovered sexually explicit messages exchanged between Johnson and one of the victims on the Discord messaging platform.
“In the messages, Johnson attempted to have the victim download another application for a more private conversation and encouraged the victim to delete their messages afterwards,” the Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney Bill Gladson’s office said in a news release.
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At least 13 people granted clemency by Donald Trump in his first and second terms have been charged with separate crimes, often after the president stepped in—including two men convicted earlier in November.
It comes as recent polling suggests Americans overwhelmingly disapprove of Trump’s recent pardons and commutations, viewing them as controversial and politically charged.
Six of the pardoned January 6th insurrectionists are charged with committing child sex crimes, ranging from sexual assault to possession of child pornography. At least five were charged with illegal possession of weapons, including at least two who had a previous domestic violence conviction. Five were arrested or charged with driving while impaired or under the influence. In two of these cases, the defendant’s reckless driving resulted in a fatality. Two were charged with rape.
