Recent reports indicate that some January 6th rioters who received presidential pardons have been re-arrested for new crimes. One case involves an individual with prior felony convictions who, despite being legally barred from possessing firearms due to his violent history, was arrested for unlawful firearm possession shortly after receiving his pardon.

Daniel Ball was accused of assaulting law enforcement and tossing an explosive device into the Capitol on January 6th. In total, he was indicted on TWELVE counts, including assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon; using fire or an explosive to commit any felony; and knowingly engaging in any act of physical violence while carrying or using a deadly or dangerous weapon. Trump thought that was a total normal and peaceful way to behave, so of course he was pardoned.

Ball was rearrested less than one day later in a separate charge related to the unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. See, Ball was not new at criming. In fact, he had THREE previous felony convictions – domestic-violence battery by strangulation, resisting law enforcement with violence, and battery against a law-enforcement officer. So, he could not legally possess a firearm.

The pardons appear politically motivated and disregard public safety, given that recipients’ history of violent behavior and subsequent reoffending suggests a predictable pattern rather than isolated incidents.