In an interview published Friday by New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR), US navy veteran Jason Riddle said: “It’s almost like [Trump] was trying to say it didn’t happen. And it happened. I did those things, and they weren’t pardonable.

“I don’t want the pardon. And I … reject the pardon.”

Riddle entered the US Senate parliamentarian’s office, drank a bottle of wine, stole a book and inflicted damage at the Capitol when Trump supporters attacked the building on 6 January 2021 in a desperate attempt to the then president in office after he lost the presidency to Joe Biden weeks earlier, according to court documents. He received a 90-day prison sentence and was fined $750 in April 2022 for pleading guilty to committing misdemeanors in an attack that was linked to several deaths, including officer suicides.

  • @[email protected]
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    184 days ago

    Interesting that the only two so far that I’ve seen that have rejected them, are people who served like 3 months and paid a fine.

    Not saying it’s a bad thing, but it’s not exactly life altering.

    • @TheFonz
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      94 days ago

      I think it’s a symbolic gesture that speaks volumes. This country needs to get together somehow

    • @jaybone
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      14 days ago

      Yeah this dude got off pretty easy.