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A maintenance worker from Florida, who was pardoned by the president Donald Trump for his participation in the historic assault on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, he was convicted of multiple state charges of child sexual abuse and indecent exposure to minors.
Andrew Paul Johnsonthe pardoned agitator, tried to bribe one of the victims with money that, according to Johnson himself, he would receive as part of a alleged compensation for those accused of assault to the United States Congress (USA).
On Tuesday, a Hernando County (Florida) jury found Andrew Paul Johnson guilty of five crimes, including sexual abuse of a minor under 12 and another minor under 16, as well as lewd exposure.
However, Johnson was acquitted of sending sexual material to another of the minors involved in the case.
The case represents the most recent episode of a person pardoned for the assault on the Capitol who commits new crimes after receiving a presidential pardon.
As stated by the chief prosecutor of this district of Florida, Walter Forgiethe accused faces the possibility of receiving a “life sentence”referring to the possible punishment he will receive in a decision that will be handed down at a later date.
A report of the Sheriff’s Office of the county of Hernandoincorporated into the judicial procedure in Florida, detailed a pattern of abuse that, according to the investigation, would have continued for several months.
The document includes alleged sexual assaults and episodes in which the accused exposed himself to minors. Among the victims is a boy who was 11 years old when the events occurred, according to the police report.
The Sheriff’s Office report indicates that Johnson would have tried to buy the silence of one of the victims by assuring him that he would receive 10 million dollars from the Trump Administration in compensation for former January 6 defendants.
According to the police allegation, he even promised that he would share that money with this minor by including it in his will.
Since Trump’s return to the White House, several convicted of the assault on the Capitol and their supporters have demanded economic reparationsalthough there is no confirmation that the Executive plans to implement a measure of this type.
“Patriots” for Trump
Donald Trump, president of the United States, went so far as to describe the Capitol attackers as “patriots” and argued that they were “peaceful” people who had been treated unfairly by justice for supporting him. “They are great people,” he said.
However, Johnson is one of several former defendants accused of assaulting the most sacred place of North American democracy who is once again in trouble with Justice after obtaining a pardon.
Last week, Christopher Moynihananother assailant, pleaded guilty in a New York state court to misdemeanor harassment after being accused of threatening to kill the Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries.
Moynihan wrote a threatening text message to the congressman: “I cannot allow this terrorist to be alive.” He would also have written a veiled threat: “I will kill him for the future.”
For now, the White House has not offered an assessment regarding the re-conviction of two pardoned protesters or whether it will compensate those accused for the assault on the Capitol, although some officials close to Trump supported this idea.