Alex Sheppard: “The next obvious step would be fire all prosecutors, all FBI agents who were involved in this witch hunt. ... I would rather we have some sort of situation where we just take the pensions of all these people who went after us.”
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According to the Ohio Capital Journal:
“Alex Sheppard of Powell, Ohio was sentenced to 19 months in prison for his participation in the riot, but got an early release after the U.S. Supreme Court took up a case challenging the Department of Justice’s use of obstruction charges.”
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From the January 21, 2025, edition of The Stew Peters Show, streamed on Rumble
STEW PETERS (HOST): For more in this and more insight on the immediate reaction of the January 6ers and their families, we're now joined by Alex Sheppard, who he himself is a January 6 patriot. So a big weight off of your shoulders today, I imagine.
ALEX SHEPPARD: Yeah. Thank you for having me on, Stew. Like you said, glory to God, glory to everyone who kept pushing for this. There were a lot of people in Trump's ear, JD Vance included, it sounded like, that really didn't want the violent offenders included in this. Now, I was, you know — I was nonviolent. But even a lot of the quote-unquote, "violent people," you know, were nonviolent, and they hit them with all these charges. They took these terrible plea deals. And so it's what we've been pushing for. It's what we've been pushing for. A lot of people didn't think it was going to happen. They thought maybe he'd pardon some people, but not all. Trump came through and he delivered. And really, today is just a day of celebration.
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PETERS: I mean, I think that it needs to go further. I think it needs to be blanket. I think that every single person that was charged needs to be pardoned. I think that clemency needs to be granted where it's appropriate. I think that sentences need to be commuted of course. Everybody needs to be taken care of in this. This needs to be a full sweeping, all out, "we're pardoning this." No, these are patriots who just went to Washington, D.C., to petition the government to redress their grievances. I mean, this is one of the most existential rights of the American people. One of the most important things that we have in our power is to be able to petition our government, to voice our concerns. They work for us. And this was a kill box that was set up from day one.
And there are foreign fingerprints all over this thing. And I think that we need to get to the bottom of who exactly it was that was responsible for this. You saw Biden on his way out pardoning the entire J6 Committee — all of his family, by the way, and rat-faced Tony Fauci on his way out as well. Preemptive pardons? I mean, this is criminal activity. These people need to be exposed. Whoever was behind this and set up January 6 from the beginning needs to be put on trial in the United States, tried for criminal treason, tried for crimes against humanity, tried for a coup, and they need to be convicted. And when they're convicted, they need to face extreme accountability. He can't just let this go. You agree?
SHEPPARD: One hundred percent. Like I said, this was an important first step. The next obvious step would be fire all prosecutors, all FBI agents who were involved in this witch hunt. Fire them. And, you know, there's a lot of talk about class action lawsuits going on right now. I would rather we have some sort of situation where we just take the pensions of all these people who went after us, judges included. These judges are the worst in D.C. You got to take their pensions and give them to us and give the most money to the people who have been locked up for four years straight.
And we need — we need reparations. We need restitution. We did not get a jury of our peers in D.C. I talked about it on this show several times. I'm striking DOJ lawyers from my jury pool. The judge wouldn't strike them for cause because they're on a different floor of the DOJ building than the people prosecuting me. So, yeah, we need extreme accountability. We need investigations. We need prosecutions. We need firings. And, you know, this was a huge first step. So I think it's looking pretty promising. We obviously got to continue to push for it just like we did with these. But it is looking very good for our country right now.