J6 Rioter Rachel Powell To CNN: Trump Will Pardon Me If He Wins
By: tommyxtopher (Mediaite)
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A Trump fan bound for prison over crimes related to the Jan. 6 riot told CNN correspondent Donie O'Sullivan she is certain former President Donald Trump will pardon her if he wins.
O'Sullivan specializes in reporting on the fringes of the conservative and pro-Trump movement, and frequently finds himself on the receiving end of some stunning quotes. On Sunday's edition of CNN's The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, Donie dropped a new collection in an episode entitled "MisinfoNation: The Trump Faithful."
In one stunning exchange, Rachel Powell — who was convicted on eight charges and sentenced to prison last year — talked to O'Sullivan during her last days of freedom before reporting to prison.
At one point, Powell showed him an autographed Trump hat and said she's certain Trump will spring her from prison if he wins:
O'SULLIVAN: Have you ever had a moment where you're like, you know, maybe I'm wrong, maybe Biden actually won the election. Maybe I'm the conspiracy theorist.
POWELL: No. Not at all. Nope.
O'SULLIVAN: So in a few days you're going to be reporting to federal prison.
POWELL: Right.
O'SULLIVAN: How have you talked about that to your children?
POWELL: Yes. I'm sorry. It's like my last weekend before I go in. But I'm like I love my children so much and it feels like the last thing they can take from me and that'll be the hard part. And I don't deserve this. And when kids don't deserve it, like have we not been through enough? Like this is the last thing that we have to lose is each other.
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O'SULLIVAN: And the man who incited it all he's still the hero.
POWELL: So this hat says, Rachel, we love you, Trump.
O'SULLIVAN: Are you hoping Trump will pardon you?
POWELL: I know he'll pardon me. That's not a hope. I know that Trump will pardon me.
O'SULLIVAN (voice-over): Rachel still had faith in Trump even facing the election lies that were sending her to prison.
Watch above via CNN's The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper.
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I hear she's a member of the Flat Moon Society.
Choices and consequences…and that should and must apply to the participants and especially the instigators.
Pardon if that offends, but the only pardon that should be granted as it is only speaking to the truth.