CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan highlighted Rachel Powell, the infamous Bullhorn Woman in his hour-extensive documentary “MisinfoNation: The Trump Devoted.” We’ve carried out a several posts on her at C&L as properly. On Oct seventeen, 2023, Powell was sentenced to fifty seven months in prison and 36 months of supervised launch. (The great Christian grandmother experienced applied an ice pick to break into the Capitol making and later on assaulted law enforcement officers.) Powell commenced serving her sentence at the Federal Correctional Establishment, Hazelton on January nine, 2024. In accordance to O’Sullivan, she’s fully unrepentant for her steps.
And who is aware, she might get her wish if the American community decides they’ve had more than enough of the democratic experiment and decide for Trump rather. He is mentioned he’ll contemplate blanket pardons for all the January six insurrectionists.
Supply: Mediaite
A Trump enthusiast bound for prison in excess of crimes associated to the Jan. six riot advised CNN correspondent Donie O’Sullivan she is certain previous President Donald Trump will pardon her if he wins.
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In one gorgeous trade, Rachel Powell — who was convicted on 8 costs and sentenced to prison previous yr — talked to O’Sullivan for the duration of her final days of independence prior to reporting to prison.At one issue, Powell showed him an autographed Trump hat and said she’s selected Trump will spring her from jail if he wins:
O’SULLIVAN: And the male who incited it all he’s even now the hero.
POWELL: So this hat states, Rachel, we love you, Trump.
O’SULLIVAN: Are you hoping Trump will pardon you?
POWELL: I know he’ll pardon me. Which is not a hope. I know that Trump will pardon me.
O’SULLIVAN (voice-over): Rachel nevertheless experienced religion in Trump even going through the election lies that ended up sending her to jail.
And what did O’Sullivan say about her?
WOLF: There is a woman you job interview, Rachel Powell, a mother who’s on her way to prison when you speak to her. Is she in prison now? Are you nonetheless in get hold of?
O’SULLIVAN: She is in jail. I in fact acquired a letter from her this 7 days from jail in West Virginia. She sent the letter, I assume, additional than a month in the past. But it only arrived to me this 7 days.
She’s hanging on to that hope that if Trump receives reelected, she’ll be pardoned. Clearly, there’s a large amount using on this election for her. It’s appealing, mainly because definitely Trump has, specifically above the past handful of months, has truly started spotlighting the men and women who experienced been prosecuted for January 6 and has very substantially been sort of portraying them as martyrs.
She’s in prison. She’s bought a cellmate. But it does not appear like the belief in Trump or nearly anything like that has waned in any way.
Section of the job interview witnessed earlier mentioned.
Rachel Powell, a Jan. 6 rioter who was sentenced to 57 months in jail, is particular Donald Trump will pardon her if he wins:
“I know he’ll pardon me. That is not a hope. I know that Trump will pardon me.” pic.twitter.com/VQzRZ2CoAH
— Republicans in opposition to Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) April 29, 2024
O’Sullivan is having a little bit of stick for calling her a devout Christian and mother of eight.
Powell tweeted this just before heading off to prison.
I, a mom & grandmother with no legal background, have lived like this considering the fact that #j6. The box on my ankle holding me Within the household, not able to live. In 13 times the authorities will pressure me to endure a fifty one thirty day period sentence simply because the past three several years of confinement suggests nothing at all. pic.twitter.com/J6HsRt8feQ
— Rachel Powell 🎗️ (@Iamrachelpowell) December 28, 2023
And the complete phase.
