One of the Jan. 6 defendants has turned down Trump's pardon
President Trump this week issued pardons to more than 1,500 Jan. 6
defendants, but one 71-year-old woman turned down the president's
offer of clemency, telling NPR it would be a dishonor to the truth of
what happened that day.
"I broke the law that day, period. Black and white," Pamela Hemphill
told NPR's All Things Considered of the role she regrets playing at
the Capitol that day. "I'm not a victim, I'm a volunteer."
Some Trump voters express reservations with his sweeping Jan. 6
pardons
Hemphill was an ardent Trump supporter when she joined thousands of
people in Washington, D.C., who attempted to halt the certification of President Biden's 2020 election victory.
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Taking a pardon now in light of her actions, Hemphill said, "would be
a slap in the face to the Capitol police officers, to the rule of law
and to our whole nation."
"I would be contributing to their false propaganda that they continue
to gaslight the nation and everyone, that it was a peaceful protest."
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Hemphill pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge for parading,
picketing or demonstrating in the Capitol building, and spent 60 days
behind bars. After her release, she said, she began spending time in
online groups with Jan. 6 rioters.
In those forums, she said, Hemphill realized how much disinformation
was being spread and how difficult it was to combat falsehoods with
the truth.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/23/g-s1-44457/pamela-hemphill-trump-pardon-jan-6-capitol-attack
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