A Florida man facing criminal charges for assaulting a police officer during the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been remanded in custody, just one day after being pardoned by President Donald Trump. did.
Daniel Charles Ball, 39, was arrested Wednesday on gun charges, according to Spectrum Bay News 9 in Tampa. The August indictment charges him with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and has a history of domestic violence strangulation, resisting law enforcement and assaulting a law enforcement officer. cited a conviction.
Ball was reportedly accused of actions during the Capitol riot, including injuring a police officer with an explosive device, when President Trump pardoned more than 1,500 convicts involved in ransacking the building. He is said to have been in Washington, D.C., awaiting trial.
Following President Trump’s pardon, an arrest warrant filed in the Middle District of Florida calls for Ball to be arrested as a “twice-convicted felon” from Homosassa.
Law enforcement officers injured by Trump supporters on January 6 expressed anger at the release of their attackers.
“Donald Trump told the American people, ‘If you commit a crime on my behalf, I will support you,'” Michael Fanone, a former DC subway employee, told CNN. he said.
The Fraternal Order of Police supported Trump in the 2024 election but condemned the Jan. 6 pardon of convicts.
Pamela Hemphill, the Idaho woman known as “MAGA Grandma,” repented for her actions during the Capitol riot and rejected President Trump’s pardon.
“We were wrong that day,” she told the BBC.
President Trump called the Jan. 6 prisoners “hostages” and criticized law enforcement for defending elected officials inside the Capitol that day.
