‘It’s All A Lie’: Convicted Jan. 6 Rioter Opens Up About Turning Down Trump Pardon | EUROtoday

Pamela Hemphill — a self-described “ex-MAGA Granny” who was convicted for her function within the lethal Jan. 6, 2021 assault — stated Tuesday that she declined President Donald Trump’s pardon as a result of she didn’t wish to be a part of his “narrative.”

Hemphill — in an interview with CNN’s Pamela Brown — pointed to Trump’s speak of a “weaponization” of the Justice Department, including that different convicted rioters have since tagged alongside and claimed they weren’t allowed due course of.

“And it’s all a lie,” stated Hemphill, who spent two months in a federal jail and stays on probation for collaborating within the riot. She’s one among 1,500 individuals the president pardoned on his first day in workplace for his or her roles within the assault.

Among those that obtained pardons had been a whole lot of rioters convicted of assaulting officers, roughly 1,000 nonviolent offenders and round 200 individuals accused of assaulting police. Their instances are pending. A lot of these pardoned have since been rearrested.

Hemphill has distanced herself from her unofficial “MAGA” moniker and hit again at Trump in 2023 for “using” her most cancers battle in a Truth Social submit.

On Tuesday, she emphasised that she had due course of and was finally “guilty” of her crimes.

“I’m not going to be a part of Trump’s lying narrative and plus, you know, it’d be a slap [to] the Capitol police officers, the rule of law,” she stated. “No, I couldn’t dare live with myself taking a pardon. I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night.”

Hemphill — when requested how she’s “done a 180” because the rebel — stated she observed social media customers in a Jan. 6 group on X, previously Twitter, “playing the victim role” and felt like individuals had “gaslighted” her utilizing disinformation.

“So, I just discovered one lie after another and I thought ‘this narrative is false,’” stated Hemphill, noting that she began a separate J6 “gaslighting” group the place she uncovered numerous claims she later discovered to be false.

“I thought, ‘You know, this is insane. I’m done. I’m done with these people. And I’m going to do my own research.’”

She stated she “didn’t realize a president could ever become a cult leader” and realized by main cult skilled Steven Hassan’s 2019 guide on Trump that she was in a cult.

Hemphill burdened that there was “nothing I could lose” by being trustworthy and pushing again in opposition to Trump.

“It doesn’t matter. The cost of continuing to lie or be dishonest with yourself, it’s not worth it. It’s not worth — anything they want to do to me, it’s OK. I’m not worried about nothing,” she stated.