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Daniel Charles Ball
2025-Jan-20
Assaulting a police officer. Possession of an explosive.

In addition to illegally entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack, Ball was charged with assaulting police officers and using an explosive.

He also was charged with attempting to profit from a piece of a window shutter taken from the Capitol.

On Jan. 21, 2025 the court dismissed the charges related to the Jan. 6 attack with prejudice at the request of the Trump administration.

Recidivism Update:
Ball was arrested for illegally possessing a gun and ammunition in 2023. The acting U.S. attorney in Florida moved to dismiss the charges, saying they would have been included in Trump's blanket pardon of Jan. 6 defendants. Ball had a previous record of domestic violence.

CATEGORIES: Violent Crimes, More Trouble, Group (Jan 6, 2021 Crimes), Not an Official Pardon

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John Banuelos
2025-Jan-20
Entering and remaining in a restricted building. Various firearms charges.

Banuelos was indicted for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.

According to the indictment and photo evidence...

Wearing a TRUMP 2020 cowboy hat, he forcefully pushed against officers to enter the Capitol. He also raised his jacket to reveal what appeared to be a firearm.

He climbed the scaffolding at the Capitol and raised the gun over his head. He fired two shots into the sky.

On Jan. 22, 2025, the case against Banuelos was dismissed without prejudice in light of the blanket pardon issued by President Donald Trump.

Recidivism Update:
Banuelos was arrested for a 2018 violent sexual assault that lasted for 12 hours.

CATEGORIES: More Trouble, Group (Jan 6, 2021 Crimes), Not an Official Pardon

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Timothy J. Desjardins
2025-Jan-20
Assaulting a police officer

Dejardins was charged with illegally entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack.

He also was charged with attacking a police officer with a broken table leg.

On Jan. 22, 2025 the court dismissed the charges against Desjardins with prejudice at the request of the Trump administration.

Recidivism Update:
Desjardins pleaded guilty in 2023 to shooting a man in Rhode Island. The bullet grazed the victim's head. He also initiated an armed standoff with the Providence, RI police department.

CATEGORIES: Violent Crimes, More Trouble, Group (Jan 6, 2021 Crimes), Not an Official Pardon

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Jarod Lee Hawks
2025-Jan-20
Assauliting police officers

Hawks was indicted for using a large billboard to assault police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.

On Jan. 21, 2025, the court dismissed the case with prejudice at the request of the Trump administration.

Recidivism Update:
In 2022, Hawks was arrested twice - for burglary with a battery and felony battery. In 2025 he was arrested again.

CATEGORIES: Violent Crimes, More Trouble, Group (Jan 6, 2021 Crimes), Not an Official Pardon

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Edward Kelley
2025-Jan-20
Assaulting a police officer

Kelley was convicted of assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Kelly entered the Capitol wearing a gas mask and tactical helmet. While entering, he and two other men threw a police officer to the ground.

While inside, he used a wood plank to smash the window next to the Senate Wing door.

On Jan. 22, 2025 - before he could be sentenced - the court dismissed his case with prejudice at the request of the Trump administration.

Recidivism Update:
Kelly was convicted for threatening to kill the FBI agents who had investigated him for the Jan. 6 attack. He has appealed to Trump claiming that this should be included as part of Trump's blanket pardon.

CATEGORIES: Violent Crimes, More Trouble, Group (Jan 6, 2021 Crimes), Not an Official Pardon

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Edward Jacob Lang
2025-Jan-20
Assaulting police officers

Lang was charged with assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.

According to the indictment, Lang repeatedly pushed, punched, and kicked at police officers inside the Capitol. He also slammed a door against one officer's head and struck officers with a metal baseball bat and stolen riot shield.

On Jan. 21, 2025 the case against Lang was dismissed with prejudice at the request of the Trump administration.

Recidivism Update:
At a demonstration 5 years after the January 6 attack, Lang was arrested for harassing and threatening one of the officers he allegedly attacked inside the Capitol.

CATEGORIES: Violent Crimes, More Trouble, Group (Jan 6, 2021 Crimes), Not an Official Pardon

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Tina Peters
2025-Dec-05
Election fraud

Tina Peters was a Colorado county clerk convicted of orchestrating the tampering of voting machines in her county.

Proprietary information and passwords were copied from the machines. Three months later the stolen data surfaced at an event for those trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election won by Joe Biden.

At Peters' sentencing hearing, a county commissioner testified that Peters' actions cost the county almost $1.4 million.

Trump's pardon of Peters appears to be symbolic only. Though it pardons her for federal crimes, the crimes she was convicted of were Colorado state ones. Presidential pardons apply to federal crimes only.

CATEGORIES: Campaign & Election, Not an Official Pardon

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Ryan Stephen Samsel
2025-Jan-20
Assaulting a police officer

Samsel was convicted of assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.

He was the first rioter to breach the restricted Capitol grounds. He helped other rioters lift a metal barricade and push it into the line of officers.

One officer was struck in the face and stumbled backwards. She hit her head twice - once on a metal handrail and once on the steps behind her - and still suffers from long-term effects.

Samsel also assaulted police with his "Rambo Trump" flag, grabbed another officer's shield, hurled a wooden plank at a police line, and threw a pole at another police line.

On Jan. 21, 2025, before he could be sentenced, the case was dismissed with prejudice at the request of the Trump administration

CATEGORIES: Violent Crimes, Group (Jan 6, 2021 Crimes), Not an Official Pardon

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Taylor Franklin Taranto
2025-Jan-20
Various firewarms charges. Entering and remaining in a restricted bulding

In addition to illegally entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack, Taranto was charged with carrying a pistol without a license and possession of a "large capacity ammunition feeding device".

On Feb 12, 2025 the court dismissed the charges related to the Jan. 6 attack with prejudice at the request of the Trump administration.

Recidivism Update:
Taranto was convicted of illegally possessing guns and ammunition in his van near former President Barack Obama's Washington, D.C. home. He also was convicted of threatening to blow up the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST).

CATEGORIES: More Trouble, Group (Jan 6, 2021 Crimes), Not an Official Pardon

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