Just a day after receiving a full pardon for his charges for the January 6, 2021,US Capitol
riots by US President Donald Trump, Daniel Ball managed to find himself in trouble again on Tuesday but this time for a federal gun charge, The Hill reported.
Ball, a resident of Florida, appears to be the first rioter of the January 6 attacks to face new legal issues after the wide reaching pardons granted to those involved in the Capitol riot, The Hill reported.
His arrest warrant was also the first filed in Washington, DC, since Trump’s second presidency began.
According to The Hill, Ball was initially charged in May 2023 with 12 counts related to the Capitol riot, including assaulting officers and using explosives.
Prosecutors alleged he worked with others to push against police and threw an explosive device that injured 25 officers.
However, these charges were erased following Trump’s pardon, and they are not part of his new indictment. Instead, the charges now focus on his possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, citing his prior convictions for domestic violence and resisting law
enforcement, as reported by The Hill.
Ball is one of over 1,500 individuals involved in the January 6 2021, US Capitol riots who had their charges dropped through Trump’s pardons, with some leaders from the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers also receiving sentence reductions as part of the clemency actions by the new US President.
