Overview

• President Trump’s January 2025 clemency package covered over 1,500 individuals charged in the January 6 attack, including Hemphill.
• Hemphill pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges and served two months in federal prison for storming the Capitol.
• In a CNN interview she explained that accepting a pardon would force her to uphold a narrative of election fraud she no longer believes.
• She told CNN she “couldn’t dare live” with herself if she accepted Trump’s clemency, expressing deep remorse for her actions.
• Her public refusal underscores growing moral and political tensions over the president’s pardons for January 6 participants.