Overview

• Hemphill is the only known January 6 defendant of over 1,500 pardoned by Trump to formally refuse clemency
• She pleaded guilty in 2022 to a misdemeanor unlawful parading charge and received three years of probation
• Hemphill argues that accepting a pardon would whitewash her guilt and perpetuate a false narrative about the Capitol riot
• Senator James Risch petitioned the Office of the Pardon Attorney to record her non-acceptance rather than complete the clemency process
• In an April letter, the Justice Department acknowledged her refusal but declined to issue an official pardon certificate