‘A Glorious Moment’: Conservative Actor Celebrates Trump Pardon After Jan. 6 Charges
26th January 2025
A man who entered the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, and was later arrested said President Donald Trump’s pardon this week was “a glorious moment.”
Siaka Massaquoi, a conservative actor and former first vice chair of the Republican Party of Los Angeles County, spoke to The Daily Signal about his experiences with law enforcement and Trump’s decision to pardon 1,500 individuals on his first day in office.
Like others who entered the Capitol building on that fateful day in 2021, Massaquoi recalls being interviewed, recording video, and leaving at the request of a police officer.
When describing the events of Jan. 6, he called the situation a “honeypot” and “entrapment.”
“I’ve seen videos where Capitol Police removed fencing and the signs that said that it was a restricted area. … We were entrapped by the Biden administration,” he told The Daily Signal.
Massaquoi was not contacted by law enforcement regarding his presence at the Capitol until FBI officers raided his home on June 10, 2021.
“It was a raid to my house, and 15 agents, and guns drawn,” Massaquoi said during an interview Thursday. “When I heard, ‘FBI! FBI!’ the first thought that came to mind was, ‘You have got to be kidding me.’”