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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,652 posts)
Mon May 18, 2026, 01:20 PM May 18

Pardoned Capitol Rioter Who Vowed to 'Bring Violence' Arrested Again

Yet another pardoned Jan. 6 rioter has been arrested—the latest for allegedly threatening a man with a gun in a church parking lot.

Ryan Nichols, 36, a former Marine who bragged on social media that he was going to “bring violence” to the U.S. Capitol in 2021, has been arrested in Texas on a deadly conduct charge.

Harrison County Sheriff B.J. Fletcher told a local news station in East Texas this week that Nichols had followed a man out of church to the parking lot, where he proceeded to lift his shirt and flash a gun.

“At one point, the guy had finished putting his kid in the backseat...Ryan Nichols took a step back, apparently, pulled his shirt up and... displayed his weapon and then grabbed his weapon.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pardoned-capitol-rioter-vowed-bring-171737246.html

That's okay Trump has a $1.7 billion dollar slush fund he can get some of.

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Pardoned Capitol Rioter Who Vowed to 'Bring Violence' Arrested Again (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 18 OP
Freed by Trump, the Jan. 6 criminals are preying on children and others Quiet Em May 18 #1
Trump Pardon Recipient Crime Wave! ck4829 May 18 #2
Soon to be paid Traildogbob May 18 #3
They arrested him for that? In Texas? Aristus May 18 #4
Want to see what a chud looks like? Click on the link. Klarkashton May 18 #5
YouTube video posted yesterday red dog 1 May 18 #6
He gets 2 shares lame54 May 18 #7
wow. barbtries May 18 #8
You can rest assured, popsdenver May 18 #9
They believe their sugar daddy in the White House will Dr. T May 18 #10

Quiet Em

(3,036 posts)
1. Freed by Trump, the Jan. 6 criminals are preying on children and others
Mon May 18, 2026, 01:28 PM
May 18
“at least 33 January 6th insurrectionists pardoned by President Trump have been rearrested, charged or sentenced for other crimes since January 6, 2021.”


https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-05-15/january-6th-pardons-recidivism-child-pornography-sexual-abuse

Aristus

(72,564 posts)
4. They arrested him for that? In Texas?
Mon May 18, 2026, 01:53 PM
May 18

I thought in Texas, pointing a gun at someone is just their way of saying "Howdy".

barbtries

(31,361 posts)
8. wow.
Mon May 18, 2026, 03:32 PM
May 18

just a matter of time before he murders someone. they won't be able to keep him in jail for long, and it's texas, so they'll probably hand him back his gun as soon as he bails out.

popsdenver

(2,650 posts)
9. You can rest assured,
Mon May 18, 2026, 03:42 PM
May 18

that we know nothing about what the other 1600 pardoned seditionist/insurrectionists are up to these days.....

Dr. T

(730 posts)
10. They believe their sugar daddy in the White House will
Mon May 18, 2026, 04:10 PM
May 18

pardon them again so they just do whatever criminal stuff they feel like doing whenever they feel like doing it.

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