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Huffington Post // Technology

‘I Broke The Law': Capitol Rioters Reject Trump’s Pardons And Demand Accountability

Thursday 23rd January 2025, 4:13PM


Jason Riddle and Pamela HemphillAt least two people who pleaded guilty for their roles in the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol say they don’t want pardons for what they did, with one saying President Donald Trump can “shove his pardon up his a**.”“I am guilty of the crimes I have committed and accept the consequences,” Jason Riddle, who was sentenced to 90 days in jail for two misdemeanour offences, told ABC News.Riddle of New Hampshire admitted to drinking pilfered wine and stealing a book on Senate procedure from the Capitol during the 2021 violence. At the time of the attack, he said he was an “obsessor” of Trump and struggling with alcohol. His probation included him attending alcoholic treatment.“It is thanks to those consequences I now have a happy and fruitful existence,” he said.“I don’t need to obsess over a narcissistic bully to feel better about myself,” he said. “Trump can shove his pardon up his ass.”Pamela Hemphill, a 71-year-old woman from Idaho who was publicly br

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