At least one person convicted in connection with the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack carried out by Donald Trump’s supporters says he believes his actions “weren’t pardons.” , refused a presidential pardon.
In an interview published by New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) on Friday, U.S. Navy veteran Jason Riddle said: And it happened. I did those things and they didn’t relent.
“I don’t want a pardon. And I…refuse a pardon.”
Riddle entered the office of a U.S. senator, drank a bottle of wine, stole a book, and caused damage to the Capitol after Trump supporters lost Joe’s presidency on January 6, 2021. In a desperate attempt to defeat the President, he caused damage to the Capitol when he attacked the building. Biden a few weeks ago, according to court documents. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail and fined $750 in April 2022 for pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges in attacks related to the deaths of several people, including a police suicide. Ta.
After Trump won the White House by defeating Kamala Harris in November, he gave blankets or commutes to 1,500 people charged or convicted of attacks on Congress carried out in his name.
But at least a few Capitol attackers declined Trump’s clemency. This was one of his most prominent campaign promises when he ran with Harris.
Next to Riddle, 71-year-old Pamela Hemphill told the Guardian on Thursday that she is taking responsibility on her hands in an attempt to prevent the certification of Biden’s victory over Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
Henhill, who served a 60-day misdemeanor jail sentence and three years of probation after pleading guilty to illegally demonstrating, picketing, or parading at the Capitol in 2022, is not expected to accept Trump’s pardon. “The attack) would contribute to the propaganda that it was a peaceful protest.”
Riddle, for his part, told NHPR that he believes rejecting Trump’s pardon will advance his employment prospects.
“If my employer is looking at my background, I think (my employer is looking at my background) they’re looking at a misdemeanor … with a presidential pardon. – I think it tends to get more attention,” Riddle said.
Referring to the president’s “Make America the Slogan Again,” Riddle added: ) The job I’m applying for…like Trump. ”
There is no consensus among legal experts on whether people like Riddle and Henhill can legally refuse Trump’s pardons. Henhill told the Idaho Statesman that she plans to submit a letter formally rejecting the pardon. And the outlet later upheld an 1833 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1915 that said recipients could decline presidential pardons.
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In contrast, official federal prosecutors have recently written that commuts and pardons do not depend on the defendant’s consent. And the New York Times quoted Mark Osler, a professor at the University of St. Thomas Law School.
Riddle served in the U.S. Navy from 2006 to 2010, and he also worked as a corrections officer, restaurant server, and mail carrier. Describing himself as a recovering alcoholic, Riddle told NHPR that he was not in recovery when he took part in the Capitol attack.
Riddle stopped supporting the president after he got out of prison and accused President Trump of then-former president being accused in case involving payment of hash money to adult film actor Stormy Daniels So I saw him asking his supporters to protest.
“I remember thinking, ‘Trump, what are you doing?'” Riddle told NHPR. “Remember what happened with the (Capitol) riots? Someone might get hurt. Why would you ask people to protest?”
New York state prosecutors ultimately found Trump guilty of 34 felonies in the case, but his second presidential bid prevented him from receiving a significant prison sentence.
Riddle’s rejection of Trump’s pardon came months after he ran as a Republican in one of New Hampshire’s two U.S. House seats. He failed to advance from the electoral primary in September.
