Capitol rioter who was pardoned by Trump gets a life sentence for molesting 2 children in Florida
1d 6m ago by lemmy.world/u/Hatshepsut in news from apnews.com
A Florida handyman who was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for molesting two children had been convicted of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but was pardoned by President Donald Trump.
Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, is among several Jan. 6 defendants who have been charged with new crimes since Trump’s sweeping act of clemency for Capitol rioters. On his first day back in the White House last year, Trump pardoned, commuted prison sentences or ordered the dismissal of cases for all 1,500-plus people charged in the attack.
Johnson was convicted last month of two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation of a child and one count of electronically transmitting material harmful to a minor, according to prosecutors in Hernando County, Florida. County Circuit Judge Judge Stephen Toner handed down Johnson’s life sentence.
Sheriff’s deputies began investigating the child molestation allegations against Johnson in July 2025. One of his victims told investigators that the abuse started around April 2024, several months before Johnson was sentenced for his Capitol riot conviction.
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 office report.
“This tactic was believed to be used to keep (the child) from exposing what Andrew had done,” the report said. Investigators found sexually explicit messages that Johnson exchanged with one of his victims on the Discord messaging app, according to Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney Bill Gladson’s office.
“In the messages, Johnson attempted to have the victim download another application for a more private conversation and encouraged the victim to delete their messages afterwards,” Gladson’s office said in a news release.
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It's almost like every one of the J6ers were deplorables or something.
Didn't expect so many child touchers
Considering who Trump is?
We should probably expect more.
Yeah, these are just the people that have been caught.
I did
4chan has hella pedophiles and CSAM on it. QAnon was always a bunch of fake moralizing
Then you haven't been paying attention
When MAGA sends their people, they're not sending their best....
They are actually, and it's pretty fucking sad.
They come in baskets.
The GOP tradition.
The Epstein party. 😜
It was then the Lincoln party until the Civil Rights era, which forever turned that party into one heavily conservative.
People still say the, "how can Republicans be racist, we're the party that ended slavery!" or, "Democrats are the racists, they're the ones who supported slavery!"
And I just send them the wiki article for Strom Thurmond
Damn... it's always the ones you most suspect
Yep. He'll be running for president next.
Why did they call him a “handyman” when the moment he did his heinous deeds, all his titles were overwritten with “child molester”?
Because job title in America is the most important thing about someone
It's how much money you have. You can often figure it out from their title.
The only thing people want to talk about at social gatherings is work. When meeting new people, I ask "what are your hobbies" or "what do you like to do" and either they misunderstand and talk about their job or talk briefly about other things and then immediately shift to work.
Find new people.
Personally, I am guessing that the topic of work is considered a safe subject of one's existence. Most folks probably don't relate to each other, considering the breadth of hobbies and interests people have. I like Fantasy Maiden Wars, prefer UC Gundam without Newtype woo, and enjoy reading hentai manga. Methinks most people would be irritated, disinterested, or horrified by my existence.
We don't live in a world of local isolation. We can absorb cultures and ideas far from home, by choice, instead of being dyed by the people who live nearby. This is good and bad: we have the freedom to become our truer selves, but that also means we aren't forced to become incidental friends with people in meatspace.
Not a democrat, not a member of the LGBTQ committee, not an immigrant, not a trans athlete, not a black person, just good ol fashioned classic republican.
Molesting kids? Sounds like another pardon is about to drop for him! Because the government condones that shit 🥰
This man need to be in charge of a government department!
State charges can't be pardoned by the president, fortunately.
In Florida - I can see DeSatanist pardoning him at the behest of the orange turd.
Very possible, but incumbent republican leaders are kinda shitting themselves right now after all these local elections pointing towards local Republican leaders possibly facing a shellacking in the upcoming elections. A lot of criminal chuds are going to be whining very loudly from prisons for the next couple years as they realize that their invulnerability is entirely dependant on current polling.
Polis - supposedly a Democratic governor in a blue state - is thinking about releasing Tina Peters, which some outlets have taken to calling an "election denier", instead of someone that was trying to steal an election and who assaulted a police officer.
Apparently Jared here in Colorado is considering releasing that bitch Tina Peter, who was trying to steal an election and who assaulted a police officer. And this is a blue state, so....that pressure/influence must work.
She has not shown any remorse at all, and considers herself some kind of hero for the cause. I seriously saw a "free Tina Peters" hanging up on a building here in Colorado, so people like that would consider their feelings validated by such a move.
GOP: Group Of Pedophiles
Should’ve been rich and he could’ve gotten away with it. Don’t be a poor pedophile. That’s the only lesson our society cares to teach in this case. Rich pedophiles can be president.
Pedo loves pedo - offers pardon.
Any news today?
He is not being offered a pardon for this.
That's just a question of money.
that is why the voters love trump, because they themselves are Sa-ERS, or support it.
The GOP are pedos all the way down.
That’s on brand
Not trying to be disrespectful towards any community. But I really feel compelled by the holy spirit RN! I have a deep and burning desire to ask this one question. Was he by chance a drag queen?
Can someone tell me why the American Right made such a big deal about Biden "sniffing" and yet turn a blind eye to all this from the GOP?
Oh, simple. It's never about the issue, it's about the opposition.
The Biden pedo stuff was pure bullshit. Just like Pizzagate. This, however, is real. Like, actual convictions real. They were projecting all along.
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. -Frank Wilhoit
Hyperpartisanization, people seek echo chambers. So news targets those people and the donors and advertisers align to maximize profits.
If you look at the left leaning news they are putting out information that makes Trump seem senile or sick, just as Fox News did to Biden.
We are all being propagandized for money, and what's the solution, anonymous ad networks and only passive etf can own news stations? I really have no idea.
MAGA gonna fuck kids one way or the other
their slogan should be "fuck them kids!"
Being a pedo is a pre-requirement for this guys?
Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, is among several Jan. 6 defendants who have been charged with new crimes since Trump’s sweeping act of clemency for Capitol rioters.
Also, FFS, the MSM needs to stop referring to these terrorists as "rioters".
So this time he's gonna get pardoned and a medal I guess
You mean a government position? I can't even add an /s here, the guy could actually end up the next secretary of defense or whatever.
AKSHUALLY, it is Secretary of War now. /j
Hm. Didn't realize that was even frowned upon in Florida.
Only the best people.
Hope that was a state conviction...
He qualifies for a position in the administration now
It takes one to know one. 🤣
They let you do that when you're rich and famous!
What do you mean I'm not rich and famous? Hey! Let me go!
there has to be something going on like the moment you vote red do you just become a pedo? this is what the millionth time atp??
Cases like this are what Democrats need to have on the very tip of their tongue when monsters like Noem and Blondi and MTG start up with their bullshit narratives where they have one case of an immigrant doing something awful.
Democrats need to counter with something like: "well, while we are talking about crime, why did your boss pardon a PEDOPHILE, (Pam/Kristi)? That's what we should really be talking about."
PEDOnald released these pedophiles. Ask them WHY. Every single time they imply that immigrants commit crimes at higher rates than citizens in an effort to distract from things like releasing the Donald-Epstein files.
O.T.B.
Only
The
Best
Is this my two minutes hate?
Now THIS is a drag queen, yes?
Now he's cooked, bastard should never drop this. Prisoners hates peds.
In Florida? You’d think he’d be king there.
Must not be rich enough.
Why is this person only being given a life sentence, instead of death? I can't imagine a rapist being someone we ever want as a member of society.
- Giving the state the power to kill it's citizens never ends well for democracy
- Many people are exonerated after being convicted. How many innocent lives is revenge worth?
- Is your ideal justice system punitive?
The list goes on and on
Also, if criminals know they will be killed when caught, they have a decent incentive to not get caught alive.
And much more of an incentive to kill their victims as well.
Crap, that's actually a good argument against the death penalty for corrupt politicians and the filthy rich as well.
From my understanding, the situation is statutory rape. An 18 year old senior with a freshman girlfriend is a statutory rapist. A life sentence is pretty stiff already.