January 6 Rioter Fighting to RETURN Her Pardon From Trump: ‘We Were Guilty, Period’

An Idaho woman who was among the hundreds of people busted in the January 6 siege at the U.S. Capitol in 2021 is fighting to return the pardon she received from President Donald Trump, CBS correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.

Pamela Hemphill, the Idaho woman branded “MAGA Granny” after she was detained for her involvement in the chaos at the Capitol, says she has appealed to Sen. James Risch (R-ID) to help secure formal certification from the Department of Justice that she is rejecting her pardon.

“The pardons just contribute to their narrative, which is all lies, propaganda,” Hemphill told CBS. “We were guilty, period.”

She added that the pardons were a tactic to drive Trump’s narrative that January 6 defendants were targeted by former President Joe Biden’s Justice Department.

“We all know that they’re gaslighting us. They are using January 6 to just continue Trump’s narrative that the Justice Department was weaponized,” she said. “They were not. When the

FBI came to my home, oh my God, they were very professional. They treated me very good.”

She was sentenced to 60 days in prison, 36 months of probation, and $500 in restitution for her role in the riot.

Hemphill was one of 1,500 people who received a presidential pardon from Trump on Jan. 20, the same day he took office.