President Donald Trump has made good on his vow to pardon participants in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, sparking intense criticism — including from one of the planned recipients.
Pamela Hemphill, a 71-year-old resident of Boise, Idaho, who was sentenced to two months in jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge in the attack, said she will not be accepting Trump’s pardon.
“Accepting the pardon would be an insult to the Capitol Police officers, to the rule of law, to our nation,” Hemphill, who had posted videos of herself entering the Capitol as the attack unfolded, told the Idaho Statesman on Tuesday.
I don't know that I'd have the gumption to do what she did, to skate away with a clean record because the leader of my former cult had the power to issue legal forgiveness. So I have a lot of admiration for her and her decision.
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