‘Trump’s gonna pardon me’: Capitol rioters claim victory
Some of the individuals convicted for the events of January 6, 2021 are asking the judges for permission to attend the inauguration of the Republican president-elect, who has promised a mass pardon on day one of his return to power
Philip Sean Grillo participated in the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021. He repeatedly encouraged fellow rioters to “charge” as they entered Congress, and is seen on video claiming he was in the Capitol “to stop the steal” of the 2020 election from Donald Trump, who spread the lie that he was the real winner. He was prosecuted for multiple crimes and appeared in a federal court in Washington last month to hear his sentence. The judge sentenced him to one year in prison and sent him to jail. After hearing his sentence, while a guard handcuffed him, he defiantly proclaimed, “Trump’s gonna pardon me anyways.”
