A Florida man who was pardoned by President Donald Trump has already found himself in trouble.
Daniel Ball was arrested on a pending federal gun charge.
The Florida man appears to be the first Jan. 6 rioter to face additional legal trouble after the sweeping act of clemency. Ball’s arrest warrant was also the first publicly filed in Washington, D.C., following the start of Trump’s second presidency. (RELATED: Trump Pardons Capitol Riot Participants)
Ball was charged in May 2023 with 12 counts tied to the Capitol attack, including assaulting, resisting or impeding officers using a dangerous weapon and using explosives to commit a felony.
Prosecutors said he worked with other rioters to “violently push” against police outside the Lower West Terrace entrance, and when their efforts failed, he threw an explosive device into the entrance. It detonated on 25 officers, according to an FBI affidavit.
In his new indictment, there’s no mention of the charges related to Jan. 6, which Trump wiped from his record. However, Ball’s two previous convictions — for domestic violence battery by strangulation in June 2017 and battering and resisting law enforcement with violence in October 2021 — are detailed in the charging papers.
He’s accused of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, around May 2023.
Ball is one of more than 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants who saw their charges dismissed Monday in one of the first acts of his second presidency.
READ NEXT: Tragic Shooting In Northern Vermont Claims Life Of Border Patrol Agent
Two words: Hunter Biden
Some D.A.s are still in battle mood – I think they need a temperature change in a cool bunker.
LET US FIND WHERE THEY OVERSTEPPED THEIR JOBS FOR THEIR PARTY!