Online federal court records of Ball’s
indictment show he was charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon on Aug. 6, 2024, listing his past convictions as
domestic violence battery by strangulation in 2017
resisting law enforcement with violence and battery on law enforcement officer,
The arrest warrant filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida was issued on the same day as the indictment, and now notes that Ball was arrested on Jan. 22, 2025.
Trump’s pardons and commutations, as broad as they were, offer Ball no protection here for these gun charges stemming from a separate indictment.
Considering how a number of the rioters were turned into authorities by their families, friends, or coworkers, it is possible we may see other charges brought against these former convicts and defendants if they seek retribution. Most of those charges would fall under state criminal codes (assault, stalking, harassment, and so on), and would therefore be beyond the power of the president to pardon.
A Florida man who was indicted for assaulting police officers and setting off an explosive device during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol had his case dismissed after President Donald Trump issued a sweeping pardon for the rioters -- but then got arrested one day later.
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