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Feds arrest freed Jan. 6 defendant on gun charges from nearly two years ago — one day after Capitol riot charges were dismissed

A Florida man was released from prison after President Trump pardoned him on January 6, 2021, and the Capitol riot inmate was back behind bars Wednesday on unrelated federal gun charges from nearly two years ago.

An arrest warrant for Daniel Charles Ball, 39, was filed in August last year in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on charges of possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. He was arrested Wednesday, according to a filing. The day after a number of charges related to his alleged involvement in the Capitol riot were dismissed.

ball arrest First reported by Politico.

Ball, 39, is charged with using explosives and assaulting a law enforcement officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Mr. Ball, who has previous felony convictions for domestic assault and resisting law enforcement with violence, was charged with assaulting police officers with a deadly weapon and using fire and explosives in connection with the Capitol attack. He was charged with more than a dozen crimes, including committing a felony. .

A resident of Homosassa, Florida, was arrested by local law enforcement officers in May 2023 on suspicion of involvement in a riot.

Mr. Ball was denied bail and was held in pretrial detention in Washington, D.C., pending trial in the case on January 6.

He was released on Tuesday after riot charges were dismissed by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras following Trump's pardon.

Ball's case was one of about 450 still pending in court on Jan. 6.

On the campaign trail, the president promised to pardon more than 1,580 defendants charged in connection with the riot on his first day in office.

President Trump, 78, pardoned about 1,500 prisoners of war on January 6 at the White House on Monday, on the sidelines of inauguration festivities, fulfilling his first-day promise.

In addition to the pardons, President Trump also commuted the sentences of 14 other prisoners on January 6th. Among them is Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison after being convicted of seditious conspiracy and other charges.

Ball's riot lawsuit was dismissed on January 6 when President Trump signed a pardon for about 1,500 people. james cavom
President Trump had promised to pardon the rioters on his first day back in the White House. Steven Yang

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) on Wednesday announced a new Congressional Select Subcommittee headed by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) to investigate the events leading up to the Capitol riot. announced that it would be installed.

“House Republicans are proud of our efforts to date to expose the false narratives spread by the politically motivated January 6th Special Committee during the 117th Congress,” Johnson said in a statement. However, there is still work to be done.”

“We are establishing this special subcommittee to continue our efforts to uncover the full truth about what is being imposed on the American people.”

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