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At least 33 January 6th insurrectionists pardoned by President Donald Trump have been rearrested, charged, or sentenced for other heinous crimes since 6 Jan 2021.

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WHOA: Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) stands next to image of Jan 6 plaque on Senate floor.. and is noting the pardoned rioters who have been arrested again Tillis: "We let bad people go" Re: plaque Tillis says he'll seek unanimous consent to get approval for THIS version of plaque to be hung

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-- Scott MacFarlane (@macfarlanenews.bsky.social) Jan 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM

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"On the campaign trail, Dummkopf Trumpf referred to the miscreants who attacked the US Capitol which injured USCP and MPD officers and caused millions of dollars of damage, as "unbelievable patriots" and promised to help them. On that infamous day these violent runamoks also threatened to lynch VPOTUS Mike Pence who the USSS barricaded in a safe location within Capitol Hill. After seizing power on 20 Jan 2025, Dummkopf Trumpf kept his promise and granted clemency to these maniacs, bleating: "What I did was a great thing for humanity. They were treated very, very unfairly."

Trumpf's pardons and commutations largely undid the results of one of the largest criminal probes in US history. The Department of Justice also conducted an investigation that involved over 5,000 federal agents and led to thousands of charges."


Some of the Aftermath of Dotard Trumpf's Idiotic Clemency

"At least six of the pardoned insurrectionists are charged with committing child sex crimes; five were charged with illegal possession of weapons, including two who had previous domestic violence convictions; and two were charged with rape. Among them were John Daniel Andries, a man in Maryland who was sentenced to 60 days in jail in June 2025 after repeatedly violating a peace order, similar to a restraining order, submitted by the mother of his child."

  • Former FBI agent Jared Wise participated in the 6 Jan attack, was pardoned by Trumpf, now works in the DOJ: 6 Jan Miscreant Gets Great Job With Junta

  • After being pardoned, military veteran Edward Kelley (37) was sentenced to life in prison for plotting to attack an FBI office and assassinate law enforcement officers in retaliation against them for daring to investigate him: 8 Jan Maniac Gets Life in Prison

    On 20 Jan 1977, the first act that President Jimmy Carter did in office was to pardon all draft resisters of the Vietnam War and he ordered a review of all court-martial cases relevant to US military operations in SE Asia. in sharp contrast, here is what Dummkopf Trumpf immediately did after seizing power on 20 Jan 2025: Dummkopf Trumpf Blanket Pardons 6 Jan Lunatics

  • #1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-09 04:37 AM | Reply

    Article 25, then sentencing for his 34 felonies. Dies in prison.

    Best outcome.

    #2 | Posted by chuffy at 2026-01-10 12:44 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

    Article 25, then sentencing for his 34 felonies. Dies in prison.
    Best outcome.

    #2 | Posted by chuffy at 2026-01-10 12:44 AM | Reply | Flag: "So mote it be."

    i.ytimg.com

    #3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-10 02:12 AM | Reply

    "We let bad people go"

    No sh**, Sherlock...

    #4 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-01-10 09:20 AM | Reply

    If they J6 scum had been charged with sedition and treason like they should have been, many of these scumbags would have been put to death. They are not just criminals... they are anti-American terrorists.

    #5 | Posted by moder8 at 2026-01-10 01:37 PM | Reply

    " many of these scumbags would have been put to death."

    You support the death penalty?

    #6 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-10 04:19 PM | Reply

    You support the death penalty?

    #6 | Posted by BellRinger

    At the time, I supported shooting them in the act.

    Was I wrong?

    #7 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-10 04:23 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

    " At the time, I supported shooting them in the act."

    Even the ones who weren't violent?

    Also you really shouldn't be denouncing fascism if you support mowing down people down. Is that how LE should treat all rioters?

    #8 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-10 04:28 PM | Reply

    " If they J6 scum had been charged with sedition and treason like they should have been"

    The SOJ was extremely aggressive in its prosecution of J6ers. If they felt they could have made a sedition charge stick they would have done so.

    #9 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-10 04:31 PM | Reply

    #9 | Posted by BellRinger

    Several January 6 defendants were charged with and convicted of seditious conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. 2384.[2][7][9]

    Multiple leaders and members of the Oath Keepers militia, including founder Stewart Rhodes and Florida leader Kelly Meggs, were convicted of seditious conspiracy for plotting to use force to stop the transfer of presidential power on January 6, 2021.[3][4][7][9]

    Leaders of the Proud Boys, including former chairman Enrique Tarrio and several lieutenants (e.g., Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Ethan Nordean), were also convicted of seditious conspiracy related to their role in the Capitol attack.[1][7][8][9]

    In total, about 18 January 6 defendants were charged with seditious conspiracy, one of the most serious charges brought in the cases.[7][9][2]

    Of those, at least 10 were convicted at trial and 4 more pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy, while several others were acquitted of that particular charge but convicted of other felonies.[9][2][7]

    And Trump commuted all of these individuals' sentences.

    [1](www.youtube.com)
    [2](www.lawfaremedia.org)
    [3](www.pbs.org)
    [4](www.pbs.org)
    [5](firstamendment.mtsu.edu)
    [6](www.justice.gov)
    [7](en.wikipedia.org)
    [8](www.bbc.com)
    [9](theconversation.com)
    [10](www.justice.gov)

    #10 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2026-01-10 04:38 PM | Reply

    #10 Always remember that a Proud Boy is a gelding that still thinks he's a stallion.

    #11 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-10 04:40 PM | Reply

    Also you really shouldn't be denouncing fascism if you support mowing down people down. Is that how LE should treat all rioters?

    #8 | Posted by BellRinger

    1) I'd like to see you denounce fascism at all. As it is, you seem to be as fascist as the average Nazis.

    2) You give rioters the chance to disperse before firing on them en masse.

    3) Those remaining are enemies of the United States.

    #12 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-10 04:51 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

    #8 | Posted by BellRinger

    You're a fan of Ashli Babbitt, even though out of that entire crowd of seditionist sumbitches she was the single person most worthy of death, and the one at that moment most necessary to kill for the safety of others.

    We all know who you are. Questions placed to you at this point are for rhetorical effect only. Because you are a fascist.

    #13 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-10 04:56 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

    Had Trump simply conceded the election, just like every other losing POTUS candidate in history, Ashli Babbitt would still be alive.

    Swallow it, JEFF.

    #14 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2026-01-10 04:59 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

    #9 What's your problem with the DOJ being extremely aggressive in its prosecution of J6ers?

    At least they did it with due process, you know, like with warrants and stuff.

    ---, you want ICE to go door-to-door, without a warrant.

    So, what's your problem, bell boi?

    #15 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-10 05:00 PM | Reply

    Zed,

    You can stop assigning positions to me that haven't taken. The Babbitt shooting was justified.

    #16 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-10 05:26 PM | Reply

    #15. They aren't being arrested they are being deported. Nobody has a right to reside in this country illegally.

    #17 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-10 05:28 PM | Reply

    #16 You assign positions to others all the time, bell boi.

    WhatsamatterU?

    Can dish it, but can't take it, coward?

    #18 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-10 05:28 PM | Reply

    Can we deport the Jan 6th insurrectionists?
    Can't that be a win/win?

    #19 | Posted by YAV at 2026-01-10 05:35 PM | Reply

    They aren't being arrested they are being deported.

    How are they being deported without first being deported?

    Nobody has a right to reside in this country illegally.
    #17 | POSTED BY BULLBRINGER

    Says the wretched offspring of a European colonizer.

    #20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-01-10 05:57 PM | Reply

    #17 WTF is wrong with you.

    They're being deported but not arrested ? ? ? ?

    They're given a one-way Greyhound ticket to the border?

    And, apparently, you're AOK with those being deported (but not "arrested," natch) being US citizens.

    You are really f*cked up, bell boi.

    #21 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-10 06:00 PM | Reply

    Which US citizens have been deported? Be specific.

    #22 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-10 08:50 PM | Reply

    #17 | Posted by BellRinger

    Which means it's not a criminal offense, right?

    #23 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2026-01-10 08:56 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

    #22 Why are you so incompetent and lazy, bell boi?

    A 2-year-old American citizen, identified only as "VML" was deported to Honduras with her mother, Jenny Carolina Lopez-Villela,[61] on April 25, 2025.[62][63] VML, referred to by her initials in court documents to protect her privacy, was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 2023.[64]
    Two American citizens, a 7-year-old girl (identified as AAZM in court documents) and her 4-year-old brother Romeo, were sent to Honduras along with their mother, a Honduran national, on April 25, 2025. Romeo has stage 4 cancer
    A 10-year-old girl with brain cancer, who is an American citizen, was deported with her parents and four siblings to Mexico after being stopped at an immigration checkpoint while on the way to an emergency medical appointment. Four of the five children were born in the U.S.
    Miguel Silvestre is a U.S. citizen born in Stockton, California.[10] In 1999, he was described in news reports as being deported twice despite his citizenship.[10] Later, while visiting Mexico on vacation, he was denied reentry into the United States and spent two weeks in detention under the George W. Bush administration.[10] ICE records identified him as a Mexican citizen, which was incorrect.[10] A judge permanently corrected his status in 2004, ruling that he had been wrongly labeled for deportation
    Chanthila Souvannarath was born in a refugee camp in Thailand to a father from Laos. He moved to the US where he was granted legal permanent residence before his first birthday.[87] His father obtained US citizenship and gained sole custody of his son, giving Souvannarath a claim to US citizenship under the laws in effect at the time.
    Next time, do your own research, bell boi.

    #24 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-10 08:57 PM | Reply

    Reporting on the second Trump administration notes that, as of October 2025, the federal government was not systematically tracking how many American citizens had been detained or removed in immigration operations, making precise numbers unavailable.

    Because agencies did not reliably track citizen detentions and mistaken removals even in prior years, experts warn that any current figures for 2025"2026 would likely be incomplete and that wrongful actions against citizens remain a significant risk under aggressive enforcement and expedited removal policies.
    www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org

    How convenient for cultists like JEFF! HAHAHAHA!!!

    #25 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2026-01-10 08:59 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

    #22 Respond to the rest of my #21. Be specific, bell boi.

    #26 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-10 09:00 PM | Reply

    Which US citizens have been deported? Be specific.
    #22 | Posted by BellRinger

    A few have been deported. Happened in previous administrations as well.

    Far more citizens have been detained.

    Is it okay for ICE to detain us, until they determine we are citizens?

    Is that okay with you?

    #27 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-10 09:04 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

    JEFF doesn't even realize that US citizens have lost their jobs because they were detained by ICE for hours or even days.

    Once again, for cultists like JEFF, the ends justify the means. And he is well aware that his white skin will always protect him from being detained by ICE.

    ---- in' pathetic.

    #28 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2026-01-10 09:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

    #24. One or more times are the we're deported and they chose to take their children with them instead of leaving them here with a legal guardian.

    #29 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-10 10:00 PM | Reply

    Bring them in by the milli Is over 4 years and then fight any kind of removal tooth and nail. It's ridiculous.

    #30 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-10 10:01 PM | Reply

    One or more parents ...

    #31 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-10 10:02 PM | Reply

    #24 So you're in favor of abandoning children.

    Cute, bell boi.

    "One or more times are the we're deported..."

    WTF ? ? ? ?

    #32 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-10 10:02 PM | Reply

    #30 "Bring them in by the milli Is over 4 years..."

    WTF ? ? ? ?

    Hitting the bottle again, bell boi?

    Drunk texting and retorting are felonies (well, they should be).

    #33 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-10 10:04 PM | Reply

    Hitting the bottle again,

    Nah, he's just a racist POS.

    It's what makes him such a staunch Trump supporter.

    #34 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-01-11 02:00 AM | Reply

    Troll farm
    en.wikipedia.org

    ... A troll farm or troll factory is an institutionalised group of internet trolls that seeks to interfere in political opinions and decision-making.[1]

    A 2017 report from Freedom House showed that 30 governments worldwide (out of 65 covered by the study) paid keyboard armies to spread propaganda and attack critics.[2]

    According to the report, these governments use paid writers and bots to harass journalists and erode trust in the media. Attempts were made to influence elections in 18 of the countries covered by the study.[2] ...


    #35 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-11 02:11 AM | Reply

    @#35 ... keyboard armies ...

    Previously, I had not thought about it in that manner.

    But, now, it does seem to be a valid opinion.



    #36 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-11 02:16 AM | Reply

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