Comment Re:You don't need excuses anymore (Score 1) 41
At least we can take some comfort in knowing that the kind of persons who were convicted for their roles in the Jan 9 insurrection are also many of the the kind of people who are completely incapable of dealing with a million dollars cash payout and will spend it foolishly and end up impoverished and on welfare before they are done.
At least 33 are back in prison on child porn/molestation convictions, at least one with a life sentence, so there's that. Yessiree, a fine bunch of people.
Five years after January 6, dozens of pardoned insurrectionists have been arrested again
At least 33 insurrectionists who have been rearrested, charged or sentenced for other crimes since January 6, 2021. The charges range from possession of child pornography to sexual assault, child molestation and aggravated kidnapping. Many incidents occurred before the pardons; only four insurrectionists allegedly reoffended since receiving their pardons.
Capitol rioter who was pardoned by Trump gets a life sentence for molesting 2 children in Florida
And there are 132 entries (so far) in the Jan. 6th Insurrectionists Crime Tracker searchable database that tracks the crimes committed by Jan. 6th insurrectionists before and after their violent attack on our Capitol. This one's interesting as it happened months *before* Trump's slush fund was created, the other day, like he was expecting it...
2025/11/17: Johnson, Andrew Paul: "Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money."
I wonder if the person who modded my original post "Troll" knows any of this - or even cares - or is on the list.