White Woman Pardoned by Trump After Storming the Capitol Says She Has No Regrets

Nationwide — President Donald Trump pardoned more than 1,500 individuals convicted for their involvement in the January 6th, 2021, Capitol insurrection. Among those pardoned was Felicia Konold, who had been charged with obstructing law enforcement and aiding in civil disorder.

Konold, who is from Arizona, had fought the charges for three years, initially facing more than 30 years in prison. She was ultimately sentenced to 45 days behind bars and two years of supervised release. She said she was surprised when her attorney informed her of the pardon.

“I was in shock; I’ve been in denial,” Konold told WLBT. “A lot of friends and family and public people have said, ‘Oh you’re going to get this [a pardon], oh you’re going to get this,’ but a long four years of being targeted, tortured, abused, it doesn’t seem real.”

With her record cleared, she plans to rebuild her life, pursuing work with children and in animal medicine. She said the news of her freedom was life-changing, providing opportunities she had been denied for years.

“Oh, I cried,” Konold said. “I’ve been in federal prison, I was in solitary confinement, I was shackled, I starved the majority of my pregnancy because I was unable to leave my house, I was unable to work, unable to have any resources.”

Despite the hardships she experienced, Konold said she has no regrets about being at the Capitol that day.

“Previously I would have said, potentially [that I regret it], but now that the truth will come out, and now that it’s been pardoned and I have fought relentlessly for it, like, no, I don’t regret it,” she said.

Trump’s executive action is part of a broader effort to clear convictions related to the Capitol attack, granting pardons to over 1,500 individuals.