A man pardoned by President Trump for his participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots is facing charges after he allegedly tried to bribe a child sex victim with the promise of money from an anticipated payout from the Trump administration.

Authorities launched an investigation into Andrew Paul Johnson in July after the victim’s mother — who said she was going through her son’s messages on Discord at the time — uncovered inappropriate conversations between Johnson and her child, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by the Intercept. When she asked her son about Johnson, identified in the documents as her ex-boyfriend, he told her that Johnson molested him on three separate occasions between April 1 and October 2, 2024, starting when he was 11 years old.

He said he confronted Johns

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