After comments by Trump in new interview, former Fall River business owner and others, likely to be pardoned on first day of presidency over January 6th
Following a recent interview, there is some positive news regarding a Swansea man and former Fall River business owner who was found guilty of activities in the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, President-elect Donald Trump told NBC News that he plans to grant pardons to his supporters as soon as he takes office and that he will provide legal relief to rioters who he claimed had been subjected to a harsh system. Additionally, Trump stated that if someone was insane or extremist, there might be certain exclusions to his pardons.
A felony charge of civil disorder was previously brought against Michael St. Pierre in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia. St. Pierre was also charged with a number of misdemeanor offenses, such as physical violence in a restricted building or on Capitol property, destroying government property, entering or remaining in a restricted building or on Capitol property without authorization, engaging in disorderly and disruptive behavior in a restricted building or on Capitol property, and committing an act of physical violence on Capitol property.
The court ordered a guilty verdict on charges 1s, 2s, 6s, and 7s and a not guilty verdict on counts 3s, 4s, and 5s at the beginning of October.
Sentencing is scheduled on March 14, 2025, but given Trump’s most recent remarks, that may change.
Court filings state that St. Pierre left his house and traveled to Washington, D.C., to take part in the January 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol. St. Pierre can be heard saying that the meeting place is at the Capitol as they make their way towards the Capitol grounds. It is my hope that they will succeed, and I will accompany them in their rush to the Capitol to seize Nancy Pelosi by the hair.
According to court filings, surveillance footage recorded that day shows a man—later identified as St. Pierre—throwing an object through open exterior doors at a pair of Capitol building inside doors. Additionally, U.S. Capitol Police officers can be seen on camera trying to control the mob outside the doors before fleeing to the building’s inside entryway as the crowd turned aggressive. Several demonstrators, including St. Pierre, hurled things at the doors behind the officers once they were inside.
As he joins a group of rioters rushing against a police line, St. Pierre is also purportedly seen urging others to help him. Court filings claim that St. Pierre may be heard urging rioters to enter the Capitol building in another open-source video.
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