Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump sentenced to life for child sex abuse
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A Florida man who was pardoned for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack was sentenced to life in prison for molesting two children, prosecutors said.
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A Florida man pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to life in prison for molesting two children, prosecutors said.
Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, was found guilty in February of five criminal charges, including molesting a child under 12 and another under 16; lewd and lascivious exhibition; and electronically transmitting material harmful to a minor, according to the Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney's Office in Florida. He was sentenced on Thursday, March 5.
Court records obtained by USA TODAY showed that Johnson was arrested in July 2025 after the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office received a report that "two juveniles had fallen victim to lewd and lascivious acts over a many-month span."
When deputies responded to a residence in Brooksville, Florida, a city about 50 miles north of Tampa, Florida, they were informed by one of the victims' mothers that the two children admitted that they were both "inappropriately touched by Johnson," according to court records and prosecutors. One of the victims told investigators that the abuse began around April 2024, when the victim was 11 years old.
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