Former Trump supporter Pamela Hemphill refuses and returns her Jan. 6 pardon

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

Updated on: June 1, 2025 / 8:27 PM EDT


Amid the wave of pardons and commutations President Trump has doled out to some of his supporters and surrogates, one former MAGA loyalist in Idaho is fighting to return her pardon. Pamela Hemphill is one of the more than 1,500 people whom Mr. Trump pardoned earlier this year for their roles in the U.S. Capitol Insurrection. She has invoked help from her Republican senator to formally refuse and block the pardon Trump issued her on Jan. 20, his first day back in the White House.

Though Hemphill was a defendant of the largest criminal prosecution in American history, she is seemingly standing alone now as the only Jan. 6 defendant to refuse the clemency Mr. Trump offered. Speaking with CBS News from her home in Idaho, Hemphill said, "The pardons just contribute to their narrative, which is all lies, propaganda. We were guilty, period."

"We all know that they're gaslighting us. They are using January 6 to just continue Trump's narrative that the Justice Department was weaponized," she said. "They were not, When the FBI came to my home, oh my God, they were very professional. They treated me very good." Hemphill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for her role in the crowd on Jan. 6, 2021.

Prosecutors argued Hemphill "was in the front of the crowd that confronted U.S. Capitol Police and other law enforcement officers attempting to keep the rioters behind the metal bike-rack barriers."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pamela-hemphill-trump-supporter-refuses-jan-6-pardon/

[surfered]

1. -

[Buddyzbuddy]

2. Hey Republicans, that's what moral integrity looks like.

Bravo, Ms. Hemphill, bravo.

[wolfie001]

3. Spread this far and wide! She's succinct and her messaging echoes!

Love it!

[marble falls]

4. A person has to be true to themselves. Something Hemphill seems to know.

[harumph]

5. Righteously done Pamela

She's probably surrounded by nutcases though - and I truly wish for her safety.

[Alice Kramden]

6. Clarity. Integrity. Bravery to speak out.

Maybe she should run for office, or assist in campaigning for Democrats.

[Timeflyer]

7. Hillsdale College helps spread the lies, propaganda and gaslighting through their newsletter and posts.

They post articles calling it the "Insurrection Hoax." We know what we saw, an attempted insurrection, not a hoax. Bravo to Hemphill for seeing truth and speaking it.

[Puppyjive]

10. I was on their mailing list

Not sure how I got on their list, but they definitely sent out pure propaganda. I think I sent them a letter complaining about their lies and they stopped sending me them.

[bcbink]

8. Wow

wow out loud. that was my gut reaction. Impressive. Inspirational.

[surfered]

9. Gives me hope that others will see the light

[NoSheep]

11. She should write a book and get interviewed by every right wing media outlet.

[Marcuse]

12. One down. Eighty million to go.

[republianmushroom]

13. A person of conviction.

[DENVERPOPS]

14. She should appeal to

Liz Cheney for help.............

Although Cheney helped keep Trump in power for four long years, she showed extreme bravery when she finally took a stand, and can provide moral support at a minimum for this person, and maybe more who might come forward.......

Cheney lost everything to come forward, and I could easily see her leading the charge for all the countless TRUE Republicans that are fed up with this group of NEW REPUBLICANS that have taken charge of the Party........

[rickford66]

15. While Biden used the autopen to sign every pardon

Trump diligently signed 1500 plus with his trusty Sharpie !!

[Wonder Why]

16. "It's a miracle, Oh Lordy! A miracle for the ages!"

She returned to humanity from a life of MAGAtville stupidity!

[liberalla]

17. I admit that I'm surprised and rather impressed...

[LudwigPastorius]

18. Taking responsibility for your actions is the first step on the path to redemption.

May you keep to the straight and narrow, Ms. Hemphill.

[czarjak]

19. Pleading guilty and begging for mercy.

You know, Evangelcals, the first and last responsibility for every follower if J.C. Huh? Thought so.

[dugog55]

20. one out of 1500 defendants did the right thing.

That pretty much sums up MAGA and the GOP.

[timms139]

21. She is a

good one . The rest ofthe J6 crew are like the people who see someone drop a hundred dollar bill and they stay quite and casually pick it up but stick it in their own pocket. They know they don't deserve it but take it anyway instead of paying their debt to society fo their actions on J6 .

[wyn borkins]

22. Thank You Pamela Hemphill For Your Integrity

From this day forward I shall consider you a friend