Pardon Tracker: Pardoned Capitol Rioters Continue to Face Legal Consequences
Several Capitol Rioters that were pardoned by President Donald Trump continue to face legal consequences for additional crimes — related and unrelated to their participation in the Capitol Riot.
Several Capitol Rioters that were pardoned by President Donald Trump continue to face legal consequences for additional crimes — related and unrelated to their participation in the Capitol Riot. Trump has effectively “let a bunch of criminals, including felons convicted of violent crimes, back out onto American streets.”
At least 20 pardoned Capitol Rioters have been arrested or faced additional criminal charges since receiving pardons from Donald Trump, or have faced additional legal consequences for their actions after participating in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Kyle Travis Colton, who was arrested and charged for participating in the Capitol Riot, was convicted of possessing child pornography, after federal prosecutors present evidence to the jury that Colton possessed “copious images and videos depicting the graphic sexual abuse of young children.”
Joshua Atwood, who was arrested and charged for “assaulting officers during the attack on the U.S. Capitol,” has reportedly “self-reported to Northern Regional Jail, where he will serve six months as part of a May plea deal for stabbing a Chester restaurant owner in 2024,” and Atwood is also “scheduled to reappear in court for consideration to credit of his time spent in federal custody as well.”
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden has “rejected the request to eradicate the record” of Matthew Martin, who was previously found “not guilty of multiple misdemeanor counts” related to his participation in the Capitol Riot.
Jared Lane Wise, a former FBI agent who was charged for participating in the Capitol Riot, is now reportedly working as an adviser to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) pardon attorney Ed Martin, who is overseeing the DOJ’s so-called “weaponization working group.” The appointment of Wise means that a man who “urged violence against police officers” is now “responsible for the department’s official effort to exact revenge against those who had tried to hold the rioters accountable.”
During his trial, Wise reportedly testified that he believed at the time – and still believes now – that police were using unnecessary and potentially dangerous force on rioters: “I’ll be frank with you. I think I would have been authorized. If I’d been further up near the guys with the batons I think I would have been justified in stopping them.”
Andrew Floyd, one of three prosecutors involved in investigating the Capitol Riot that were fired by Attorney General Pam Bondi, apparently “has no regrets about his time at the Justice Department.” In a letter to colleagues, Floyd wrote that “I know from my communications with you over the years that the people in this building do not keep quiet and are not timid,” and “although I can no longer join you, I’ll be on the sidelines cheering you on.”
Judge Jia Cobb for the US District Court for the District of Columbia has “dismissed a lawsuit filed by FBI agents seeking to prevent the Justice Department from disclosing the identities of those who worked on investigations into the January 6 attack against the US Capitol,” and Cobb ruled that the “agents and the FBI Agents Association lacked standing to challenge potential disclosure of their identities or First Amendment retaliation claims.”
The four Seattle police officers who attended the “Stop the Steal” rally at the U.S. Capitol prior to the Capitol Riot, have reportedly “dropped a lawsuit to prevent the release of their names,” and as a result “their names could soon be made public.”
Pardon Tracker is part of independent investigative journalism and data visualization project, investigating the pardons and commutations for individuals involved in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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