Pardoned by #Trump, Jan 6. rioter gets life sentence for child sex crimes Andrew Paul Johnson promised one of his vict

[riversedge]

This is a few months old but some may have missed it like I did.




Pardoned by #Trump, Jan 6. rioter gets life sentence for child sex crimes

Andrew Paul Johnson promised one of his victims money he expected to receive from the Justice Department, authorities said.😡

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Pardoned by #Trump, Jan 6. rioter gets life sentence for child sex crimes

Andrew Paul Johnson promised one of his victims money he expected to receive from the Justice Department, authorities said.😡

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

— (@oceancalm.bsky.social) 2026-05-26T10:14:19.112Z

Andrew Johnson at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia




Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump gets life sentence for child sex crimes

Andrew Paul Johnson promised one of his victims money he expected to receive from the Justice Department, authorities said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-rioter-pardoned-trump-jan-6-case-gets-life-sentence-child-sex-cr-rcna261963

March 5, 2026, 3:11 PM CST
By Ryan J. Reilly

A man pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack was sentenced to life in prison for child molestation and related crimes.

Andrew Paul Johnson was arrested in August, nine months after Trump pardoned him and hundreds of other Jan. 6 defendants for crimes ranging from low-level misdemeanors to felony charges like assaulting officer with deadly weapons.

Johnson, 45, was convicted last month of five charges, including molesting a child under 12 and another under 16, as well as transmitting harmful materials by electronic device to a minor.

He has been sentenced to life, according to the Office of State Attorney Bill Gladson of the Fifth Judicial Circuit in Florida.

Johnson told one of the victims that he would see a windfall from the government after his pardon and that he would put the victim in his will to take any leftover money, according to law enforcement.


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[bucolic_frolic]

1. Crime payouts as street-level collateral

Maybe he should have tried it to get a bank loan.

Not an unserious suggestion for J6ers pardoned and rewarded. Stream from payout is an asset.

[Botany]

2. What does being a child rapist, a criminal, and a thug have to do with being a Trump supporter?

Because Trump is a child rapist, a criminal, and a thug too.

So after Trump pardoned this shit he then raped children?

[OldBaldy1701E]

3. I'd say that he 'continued to' r*pe children.

Looks to me as if this was not a new development with this leech.

[Botany]

5. But did these rapes occur after Trump pardoned him for J-6th?

I wonder what % of those J 6th shits had criminal records prior to their attack on the
capitol or got criminal records after their assault on America?

[OldBaldy1701E]

6. Based on what I am reading, he was 'questionable' before he was a traitor. (n/t)

[niyad]

10. A quick google search confirmed my memory that about 10% (159

of the 1,600) had prior criminal records.

[CBHagman]

4. This story needs to be disseminated more broadly...

...not only because it presents yet another example of a pardoned individual who then committed additional crimes but because it provides crucial evidence that this administration intended to provide financial rewards to those who tried to destroy the United States.

Over the years I have encountered news stories from mainstream media in which reporters refer to Trump's "law-and-order agenda" without using quotation marks. People need to grasp the extent of the lawlessness.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

7. Those of us old enough to remember

Willy Horton and the revolving door meme that sunk Michael Dukakis’ campaign wonder why Democrats don’t attack the punk ass Republicans when they pull shit like this?

[70sEraVet]

8. So, the only problem with the "basket of deplorables" statement was....

that it was an understatement?

[niyad]

11. WAYYYYYYYYY understated!!!

[Abstractartist]

9. Why act surprised

Basically it comes down to this…..

Pieces of shit will do what pieces of shit will do. A total piece of shit, helped, enabled, and supported another piece of shit, which allowed the one piece of shit to do what he is…. Everybody now…. He is a piece of shit.

[Grim Chieftain]

12. Trump and child sex offenders

Birds of a feather -

[MadameButterfly]

13. I'd heard about him promising money to his victim

i didn't know the victim wasn't to get the money until he died! If you can make this any sleazier than it is. About as reliable as Trump promising money to charity

[Hieronymus Phact]

14. Can we please Willie Horton his ass now?

[mzmolly]

15. I think Democrats need to run ads about all these

decrepit monsters. Tie every one of them to the current Republican Party.

[Joinfortmill]

16. Good