"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. In court papers, prosecutors said her words "were part of the ubiquity of violent political rhetoric that causes serious harm to our communities.""
"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.""
"WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has issued two pardons related to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, including for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents who were investigating a tip that she may have been at the Capitol, officials said Saturday. In a separate case, Trump issued a second pardon for a Jan. 6 defendant who had remained behind bars despite the sweeping grant of clemency for Capitol rioters because of a separate conviction for illegally possessing firearms."
President Donald Trump issued two pardons tied to the Jan. 6, 2021 investigation. One pardon covered Suzanne Ellen Kaye, convicted for threatening to shoot FBI agents after agents contacted her in 2021 about a tip she may have been at the Capitol. Kaye posted a social media video citing the Second Amendment and served an 18-month sentence; prosecutors said her words contributed to violent political rhetoric. Kaye testified she did not own guns, did not intend to threaten agents, and said she was not at the Capitol. The White House said Kaye suffers stress-induced seizures and called the prosecution an excessive response to political speech. The second pardon addressed a Jan. 6 defendant jailed for a separate illegal firearms conviction.
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