President Donald Trump signed pardons or commutations on his first day in office for all individuals convicted of participating in the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
They include Doug Jensen of Des Moines, who was caught on video wearing a QAnon T-shirt as he chased a Capitol Police officer up a flight of stairs near the Senate chamber; and Kyle Young and Salvador Sandoval, both of whom received stiff prison sentences after being found guilty of violence against police during the riots.
A total of nine Iowans will receive pardons, while a tenth, who has not yet been convicted, will have their cases permanently dismissed.
Doug Jensen of Des Moines, left, confronts U.S. Capitol Police Inspector Thomas Loyd in the Ohio Clock Corridor of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The photo is included in court documents from prosecutors seeking a sentence of more than five years for Jenssen.
They are:
Chad Heathcote of Adel, who pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating or picketing at the Capitol and was sentenced to 15 days in jail.
Jensen, who admitted to being a “true believer” in the QAnon conspiracy theory that Trump was fighting a secret cabal of child sex traffickers. He was convicted of seven charges and sentenced to five years in prison.
Daryl Johnson of St Ansgar, who was charged along with his son Daniel Johnson of Austin, Minnesota. Daryl Johnson pleaded guilty to civil disorder and was sentenced to 30 days in jail.
Leo Kelly of Cedar Rapids, who entered the Senate chamber and led a prayer from Vice President Mike Pence’s desk. He was convicted of seven charges and sentenced to 30 months in prison.
Kenneth Rader of Sioux City, like Jensen who believes in the QAnon conspiracy. He pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating or picketing in the Capitol and was sentenced to 90 days in jail.
Young from Redfield. Described by a federal judge as a “one-man wrecking ball,” he was one of several rioters accused of assaulting DC Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone, who suffered a heart attack as a result of being shocked with a stun gun. Young continued to fight officers trying to hold a tunnel leading to the Capitol. He pleaded guilty to assaulting an officer and was sentenced to 86 months in prison.
Deborah Sandoval of Ankeny, who traveled to the Capitol with her son and her fiancé. She pleaded guilty to entering a prohibited building and was sentenced to five months in prison.
Salvador Sandoval, her son. He was convicted of repeatedly brawling with police at the Capitol, at one point ripping away an officer’s riot shield. He was sentenced to 88 months in prison, the longest term of any defendant in Iowa.
A 10th Iowan, Count Jordan, Deborah Sandoval’s then fiancée. He was charged in October with assaulting and struggling with police outside the Capitol. Jordan’s case was still pending when Trump was sworn in, and court documents show prosecutors filed to permanently dismiss his charges, in accordance with Trump’s order.
William Morris covers courts for the Des Moines Register. He can be reached at wrmorris2@registermedia.com or 715-573-8166.
This article originally appeared in the Des Moines Register: Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon included 10 pardons for Iowans involved in the Capitol riot
