"Suzanne Ellen Kaye was released last year after serving an 18-month sentence in her threats case. After FBI contacted her in 2021 about a tip indicating she may have been at the Capitol on Jan. 6, she posted a video on social media citing her Second Amendment right to carry a gun and she threatened to shoot agents if they came to her house."
"Kaye testified at trial that she didn't own any guns and didn't intend to threaten the FBI, according to court papers. She told authorities she was not at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and wasn't charged with any Capitol riot-related crimes. A White House official said Kaye suffers from "stress-induced seizures," and experienced one when the jury read its verdict. The White House said this is "clearly a case of disfavored First Amendment political speech being prosecuted and an excessive sentence.""
President Donald Trump granted pardons to two individuals connected to the Jan 6 investigations. One pardon covered Suzanne Ellen Kaye, who was convicted for threatening to shoot FBI agents after detectives contacted her about a tip she might have been at the Capitol. Kaye served an 18-month sentence and was released last year. She testified she did not own guns, did not intend to threaten the FBI, and said she was not at the Capitol on Jan 6. The White House said Kaye suffers stress-induced seizures and described the prosecution as disfavored political speech and an excessive sentence. A second pardon covered a Jan 6 defendant who remained jailed because of a separate firearms conviction. More than 1,500 defendants faced charges in the Jan 6 investigation.
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