Dan Edwin Wilson, 49, from Louisville, Kentucky, was one of about 1,500 rioters granted clemency by Donald Trump on January 20 after being charged with crimes connected to the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol building in Washington, DC.
On Jan. 6, Wilson coordinated with far-right extremist groups – including the Oath Keepers – on the via walkie-talkie app Zello in a group called “Stop the Steal J6” as rioters breached the Capitol building, prosecutors said.
U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich – who was appointed by Trump – rejected Wilson’s claim that the pardon covered his separate convictions in Kentucky for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of an unregistered firearm.
“The Certificate makes clear that the pardon only applies to convictions for offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021,” prosecutors wrote.
The firearms convictions, they said, did not occur at the Capitol on Janaury 6, 2021, meaning the “pardon does not extend to these convictions”.
