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

Nbcwashington · · 270 words · By Ryan J Reilly; NBC News
Criminality of Jan. 6 Defendants Presidential Pardons
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“A Jan. 6 defendant pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the Capitol attack was sentenced to life in prison for child molestation and related crimes.”
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Multiple independent sources, including NPR and other news reports via web search, confirm that a Jan. 6 defendant pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for child molestation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
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“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.”
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Multiple sources identify the individual as Andrew Paul Johnson and confirm his arrest in August following a pardon from Donald Trump.
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web search NEUTRAL — 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 assaultin…
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-ri…
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web search NEUTRAL — Andrew Paul Johnson, 44, faces multiple charges in Florida and has pleaded not guilty to the crimes, authorities say.Johnson was among the roughly 1,500 people charged in connection with the January 6…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/19/january-6-ri…
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web search NEUTRAL — Andrew Paul Johnson, pardoned after the 6 January Capitol attack, was arrested in August and charged in Hernando County, Florida, with multiple counts of child molestation, exhibition and.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-pardoned-capitol-rioter-arre…
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“Johnson was convicted last month of five charges including molesting a child under 12 and another under 16, as well as lewd and lascivious exhibition and transmitting harmful materials by electronic device to a minor.”
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Web search results from multiple news outlets confirm Johnson was convicted of five charges, specifically mentioning molesting children under 12 and 16, lewd exhibition, and transmitting harmful materials.
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web search NEUTRAL — Andrew Paul Johnson was convicted of multiple state charges of child molestation and exposing himself to children. Johnson was charged in Florida after receiving a full pardon from President Donald Tr…
https://www.gpb.org/news/2026/02/11/jan-6-rioter-pardoned-by…
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web search NEUTRAL — He was also convicted of lewd and lascivious exhibition and electronically transmitting material harmful to a minor. Johnson faces a 25-year minimum sentence, but could spend the rest of his life behi…
https://thewashingtonstandard.com/andrew-paul-johnson-pardon…
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web search NEUTRAL — On Tuesday, a jury in Hernando County, Fla., found Andrew Paul Johnson guilty of five charges, including molesting a child under 12 and another under 16, as well as lewd and lascivious exhibition. Joh…
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/pardoned-ja…
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“Johnson, 45, has now been sentenced to life, according to the Office of State Attorney Bill Gladson of the Fifth Judicial Circuit in Florida.”
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While the general fact of the life sentence is corroborated in Claim 0, the specific attribution to 'Office of State Attorney Bill Gladson of the Fifth Judicial Circuit in Florida' is not explicitly detailed across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; however, the location (Florida) is consistent.
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web search NEUTRAL — Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor (born 19 February 1960), formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edi…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Mountbatten-Windsor
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web search NEUTRAL — May 11, 2026 · Former Prince Andrew was reportedly left "shaken" after a masked man confronted him near his Norfolk home, sparking renewed royal security concerns.
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“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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The detail regarding Johnson telling a victim about a government windfall and putting them in his will is reported by HuffPost and other search results citing a sheriff's office report.
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web search NEUTRAL — Andrew Paul Johnson, a former participant in the January 6 Capitol riot who received a presidential pardon from Donald Trump, has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing two children in …
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/former-capitol-rioter-sentenced-li…
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web search NEUTRAL — Johnson told one of his victims that he expected to be compensated for being a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant and would be putting the child in his will to inherit any leftover money, according a sheriff’s…
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/capitol-rioter-pardoned-by-tr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Days after he got a pardon from President Trump, former national security advisor Mike Flynn is calling for the president to declare martial law and have the military conduct a revote of the election …
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-9010699/Newly-pardone…
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“Trump has discussed the possibility of taxpayer-funded payouts for Jan. 6 defendants”
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Multiple sources report that Trump has discussed or signaled support for taxpayer-funded payouts for Jan. 6 defendants, including mentions of a $1.7 billion fund.
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 defendants have begun seeking financial compensation from the federal government. Trump had signalled his support for such payouts, saying that 'they were patriots as far as I was concerned' and tha…
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-capitol-attack-fund-controve…
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web search NEUTRAL — The fund could be used to compensate Trump allies, entities associated with the president and, potentially, the January 6 fascists who stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
https://www.worldsocialistwebsite.org/en/articles/2026/05/16…
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web search NEUTRAL — Asked why taxpayers should fund payments connected to January 6 defendants, Trump said the initiative had been "very well received" while also claiming he was not directly involved in creating it.
https://www.hngn.com/articles/271259/20260519/trump-defends-…
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“The Justice Department already gave out just under $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot as she jumped through a broken window leading into the House Speaker’s gallery.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of generic search results for the letter 'U', The New York Times homepage, and YouTube, none of which mention a $5 million payment to Ashli Babbitt's family.
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web search NEUTRAL — U (minuscule: u) is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others world…
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web search NEUTRAL — Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and video by the journalists of The New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world. Subscribe for coverage of U.S. and international news ...
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“Earlier this week, Jan. 6 defendant Bryan Betancur was arrested in connection with an assault and battery that occurred aboard a Metro train after videos surfaced online that appeared to show him touching women's hair.”
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Multiple sources, including NPR and AOL, confirm that Bryan Betancur was arrested for assault and battery after videos surfaced of him touching women's hair on the Metro.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bryan Betancur, 28, now faces charges of assault and battery.While they have not confirmed these were taken by Betancur, the clips show a man secretly touching women’s hair aboard the Metro.
https://www.aol.com/articles/pardoned-jan-6-rioter-arrested-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Local news links: • Bryan Betancur, one of the January 6 rioters Trump pardoned, was arrested after he “livestreamed himself secretly touching random women’s hair while riding Metro.”
https://washingtonian.com/2026/03/04/state-department-americ…
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web search NEUTRAL — Meanwhile, Bryan Betancur, who already has a lengthy criminal record, was also arrested this week on charges of assault and battery.His latest arrest took place after videos emerged that appeared to s…
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5725470/trump-jan-6-par…
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“Over the weekend, another Jan. 6 defendant was arrested for allegedly threatening one of the officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute this claim.
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