Tom Dreisbach

And some of that abuse occurred after President Trump pardoned Johnson for his January 6th case and released him from prison.

Trump argued the Capitol riot defendants were treated unfairly.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, said Trump bears some responsibility for Johnson's crimes.

Now he's going back to prison, this time for life.

The White House did not respond to NPR's request for comment on Johnson.

Tom Dreisbach, NPR News.

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We will do everything to open the books and the records and we want to contribute to tracing children and families.

We will do everything to open the books and the records and we want to contribute to tracing children and families.

Yeah, it's a really wide spectrum of people and institutions that Trump has gone after. It includes lawyers and law firms, often with ties to Democrats, political opponents, people who worked on investigations into Trump or the January 6th rioters, media companies, universities, and then also people who actually worked in the first Trump administration but who Trump considers disloyal.

Yeah, it's a really wide spectrum of people and institutions that Trump has gone after. It includes lawyers and law firms, often with ties to Democrats, political opponents, people who worked on investigations into Trump or the January 6th rioters, media companies, universities, and then also people who actually worked in the first Trump administration but who Trump considers disloyal.

Yeah, it's a really wide spectrum of people and institutions that Trump has gone after. It includes lawyers and law firms, often with ties to Democrats, political opponents, people who worked on investigations into Trump or the January 6th rioters, media companies, universities, and then also people who actually worked in the first Trump administration but who Trump considers disloyal.

And when we say targeted, what kinds of actions are involved here? So at maybe the harshest end are these criminal investigations. And Trump has actually ordered multiple Justice Department investigations right from the Oval Office. One of those investigations targets Christopher Krebs. He was a top cybersecurity official in the first Trump administration.

And when we say targeted, what kinds of actions are involved here? So at maybe the harshest end are these criminal investigations. And Trump has actually ordered multiple Justice Department investigations right from the Oval Office. One of those investigations targets Christopher Krebs. He was a top cybersecurity official in the first Trump administration.

And when we say targeted, what kinds of actions are involved here? So at maybe the harshest end are these criminal investigations. And Trump has actually ordered multiple Justice Department investigations right from the Oval Office. One of those investigations targets Christopher Krebs. He was a top cybersecurity official in the first Trump administration.

Trump fired him back then for saying the 2020 election was safe and secure. And here is what Trump said about Krebs earlier this month.

Trump fired him back then for saying the 2020 election was safe and secure. And here is what Trump said about Krebs earlier this month.

Trump fired him back then for saying the 2020 election was safe and secure. And here is what Trump said about Krebs earlier this month.

Then there's Miles Taylor, who also served in the first Trump administration. Back then, Taylor wrote this anonymous op-ed that said Trump was erratic and dangerous. Here is what Trump said about him.

Then there's Miles Taylor, who also served in the first Trump administration. Back then, Taylor wrote this anonymous op-ed that said Trump was erratic and dangerous. Here is what Trump said about him.