A person involved in this 6 January 2021 attack At the US Capitol and later pardoned Donald Trump A Florida man was found guilty Tuesday on charges of sexually abusing multiple children, authorities said.
Andrew Paul Johnson There is Arrested in Tennessee This August and Seduced to Florida. He pleaded not guilty.
Johnson was found guilty Five counts This week, on charges of molesting a child under 12 and another under 16 and making a lewd and lascivious display, NPR First reported. A jury found him not guilty of transmitting material harmful to a minor through an electronic device or devices.
The Guardian contacted the lawyer listed for Johnson.
“He’s exposed to the possibility of life in prison,” said Walter Forgey, chief assistant state attorney for Florida’s Fifth Judicial Circuit, of the possible sentence. “Sentence will be finalized at a later date.”
The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office received a report in July that “two juveniles were subjected to lewd and lascivious acts over a period of several months.” Probable cause affidavit.
According to the document, the mother of one of the children claimed that she discovered that Johnson, her ex-boyfriend who lived with them, had been sending her son “inappropriate” discord missives.
She asked her child about the messages and whether Johnson “did or said anything inappropriate,” the affidavit said. Her son alleged that Johnson “molested him three times” starting when he was 11 years old, “between April 1, 2024 and October 2024.”
“Johnson claimed he was being pardoned for attacking the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and was being offered a $10,000,000 reward for being a ‘January 6er,'” the police document said.
The tactic was believed to be used to keep the child from “revealing what Andrew had done to him,” police said.
Johnson is one of about 1,500 defendants charged with involvement in the January 6 attack whom Trump granted pardons early in his presidency.
Trump is open Discussed A trial has been held against the defendants to pay compensation in connection with this heinous attack, but no one has received compensation so far. Trump administration He agreed The woman’s family must pay nearly $5 million Shot dead by police during the siege, according to the Washington Post.
NBC News Johnson called himself an “American terrorist” and a “proud j6er.” Authorities allege he engaged in “disorderly and disruptive behavior” for hours after he “unlawfully entered the Capitol” through a window and encouraged other rioters to follow him.
He pleaded guilty to January 6-related charges in April 2024. Johnson made an unsuccessful bid to withdraw this plea.
