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groundloop

(13,059 posts)
Tue May 20, 2025, 04:02 PM May 20

January 6 rioter who was pardoned by Trump arrested for burglary

Source: The Guardian

A participant in the January 6 attack pardoned by Donald Trump was recently arrested for burglary and vandalism in Virginia in what is believed to be the first incidence of new charges for a person who took part in the 2021 US Capitol insurrection.

Zachary Alam received one of the longest prison sentences, eight years, for his part in the violence committed in Washington DC by Trump supporters attempting to keep him in office after his 2020 election defeat by Joe Biden.

The judge at his sentencing noted that officers called him “by far the loudest, the most combative and the most violent of the rioters”.

[snip]

Officers from Henrico county arrested him on 9 May in a neighborhood just outside Richmond after residents said an unknown man had entered their house and taken several items, the Washington Post reported.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/20/january-6-rioter-arrested-burglary

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January 6 rioter who was pardoned by Trump arrested for burglary (Original Post) groundloop May 20 OP
The worst of the worst. can't we send him to a prison in El Salvador with no trial? Walleye May 20 #1
Hmm, state charges? MarineCombatEngineer May 20 #2
Trump's pardons may have been a blessing in disguise. Aristus May 20 #3
I think giving him the same sentence as the one Been A Dick Donald pardoned MarineCombatEngineer May 20 #4
Fast track to a job in rwnj government Marthe48 May 20 #5

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,728 posts)
2. Hmm, state charges?
Tue May 20, 2025, 04:08 PM
May 20

Good, Been A Dick Donald can't pardon him and hopefully, he gets an 8 year state sentence if convicted.
I would imagine the cops aren't too fond of him either.

Aristus

(70,193 posts)
3. Trump's pardons may have been a blessing in disguise.
Tue May 20, 2025, 04:13 PM
May 20

This asshole is not the first J6 terrorist to be brought up on new charges after being pardoned. They go right back to their criminal habits, and earn themselves sentences that Trump can't pardon. And no one can complain that the sentences were politically motivated.

Throw the book at him, Your Honor.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,728 posts)
4. I think giving him the same sentence as the one Been A Dick Donald pardoned
Tue May 20, 2025, 04:16 PM
May 20

would be highly appropriate, 8 years straight time, no time off for good behavior, he should have to serve the whole 8 years at the Crossbar Hotel.

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