'Accepting a pardon from Trump would be an insult,' says 6 Jan protesterpublished at 05:36 Greenwich Mean Time
One of the people who served time in jail for participating in the 6 January riots has refused the pardon from Donald Trump, telling the BBC "we were wrong that day".
Pam Hemphill, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 60 days in prison, told the BBC World Service Newsday programme that there should be no pardons.
"Accepting a pardon would only insult the Capitol police officers, rule of law and, of course, our nation," she said.
"I pleaded guilty because I was guilty, and accepting a pardon also would serve to contribute to their gaslighting and false narrative."
She told the programme that she sees the Trump government as trying to "rewrite history and I don't want to be part of that".
"We were wrong that day, we broke the law - there should be no pardons."