A Florida man who was facing criminal charges for assaulting police officers in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has found himself in custody again — just one day after being pardoned by President Trump.
Daniel Charles Ball, 39, was arrested on gun charges Wednesday, according to Spectrum Bay News 9 in Tampa. An indictment from August, charging him with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, cited his past convictions for domestic violence strangulation, resisting law enforcement and battery on a law enforcement officer.
Ball was reportedly in Washington, D.C. awaiting trial for his actions in the Capitol riot — including wounding police with an explosive device — when Trump granted pardons to more than 1,500 convicts involved in sacking the building.
The 78-year-old Republican leader had convinced those loyalists without evidence that the 2020 presidential election was somehow rigged against him.
Following Trump’s pardons, an arrest warrant filed in the Middle District of Florida called for the apprehension of Ball, describing him as a “two-time convicted felon” from Homosassa.
Law enforcement officers injured by Trump supporters on Jan. 6 expressed outrage over the release of their assailants.
“Donald Trump has told the American people, ‘If you commit crimes on my behalf I’ve got your back,” former D.C. Metro Officer Michael Fanone told CNN.
The Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Trump in the 2024 election, but condemned his pardoning of Jan. 6 convicts.
Idaho woman Pamela Hemphill, dubbed the “MAGA Granny,” has since repented for her actions in the Capitol riot and refused Trump’s pardon.
“We were wrong that day,” she told the BBC.
Trump has referred to the Jan. 6 prisoners as “hostages” and condemned law enforcement for defending elected officials inside the Capitol that day.