In news that anyone with a brain could have seen coming, Donald Trump pardoning hundreds of violent criminals has catastrophically backfired. That’s because, to nobody’s surprise, many of these people simply left prison and went right back to committing crimes.
Enter Jan. 6 rioter Andrew Paul Johnson, who describes himself as an “American terrorist” and a “Proud j6er”. Johnson was one of the initial rioters who breached the Capitol building, urging others to follow by yelling:
“We haven’t accomplished anything here! This door is still closed! We haven’t accomplished anything yet. … We need to go through that f**king door! We’re not done yet. We’re not just breaking and entering.”
So, what has this MAGA chump done with his life after getting his presidential pardon? Surely it’s time to take stock, turn over a new leaf, and take advantage of a lucky break? Smash cut August, when Johnson was arrested in Tennessee and extradited to Florida on charges of lewd/lascivious molestation, lewd/lascivious exhibition, and transmission of material harmful to a minor.
This is just one of the sick, child abusers from the January 6 insurrectionists that Trump pardoned.
— Rick (@colonelhogans) November 19, 2025
He tried buying the 11 year olds silence with promises of money from a nonexistent “January 6 payout”. pic.twitter.com/KEEv89uYkg
This was the result of a month-long investigation by the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, acting on a tip from a mom about Johnson preying on two children who’d allegedly fallen victim “to lewd and lascivious acts over a many-month span.”
Depraved
Johnson had allegedly contacted an 11-year-old boy on Discord and had allegedly begun what is described as an”inappropriate” conversation. This escalated to Johnson sending the boy an iPhone and telling him to keep it a “secret”, so he could continue to manipulate him without his parents finding out.
The child reported that this escalated to three incidents of molestation between April and October 2024, in which Johnson crept into the child’s home.
Incredibly, Johnson even tried to use his pardon as a way to bribe the boy to keep quiet, with the affidavit saying that “since he was pardoned for storming the Capitol on January 6th, 2021, and he was being awarded $10,000,000 as a result of being a ‘jan 6’er’ … that he would be putting him in his ‘will’ to take any money he had left over.”
Great work on putting this guy back on the streets, Mr. President! Maybe next time, pardon a cannibal serial killer just for kicks! Johnson is due back in court in Florida on Dec. 10 on the child molestation charges.
Published: Nov 20, 2025 06:41 am