You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Trump-Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Arrested for Child Sexual Abuse

HeadlineNov 20, 2025

In Florida, a man who joined the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has been arrested on multiple charges that he sexually abused children. Forty-four-year-old Andrew Paul Johnson pleaded not guilty to charges he molested a child as young as 11 years old. He joins a growing number of Capitol rioters who face new legal problems, after they were pardoned by President Trump on his first day back in office. 

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top