I Beg Your Pardon part 6: The MAGA Granny

I Beg Your Pardon part 6: The MAGA Granny

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April 21, 2026 · 48 min · Season 25 · Episode 14

About this episode

Pam Hemphill, known as the MAGA Granny, recounts her experience during the January 6th Capitol riot and her decision to reject a presidential pardon.

On January 6th, 2021, Pam Hemphill followed the Proud Boys to the Capitol, got trampled by the mob, was carried out by a police officer named Joe, and recorded every minute of it. The internet called her the MAGA Granny. She did 60 days in federal prison. And then, slowly, she woke up. When Trump issued sweeping pardons for more than 1,500 January 6th defendants, Pam did something almost no one else did. She said no. She filed a formal letter of rejection, returned to the Capitol to apologize to officers in person, received death threats, lost a 12-year relationship, and kept talking anyway. In a series about people who got pardons they didn’t deserve, Pam Hemphill is the one who deserved consideration and walked away from it anyway. You’ve heard about January 6th. You think you know the story. You don’t know it like this. Quick Links • FBI Affidavit (Case 1:21-cr-00555-RCL): Read the original charging document https://jan6attack.com/DoJ/hemphill-pamela/1469486.pdf • Pam Hemphill’s Wikipedia Page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Hemphill • Pam’s January 6th Testimony (PBS, January 6, 2026): Watch on PBS NewsHour • Trump’s Truth Social Post (via HuffPost): Read the coverage • Pam’s…

People in this episode

Guest: Pam Hemphill

Topics covered

  • January 6th
  • Pardons
  • Political Activism
  • True Crime
  • Personal Transformation

Keywords

  • MAGA Granny
  • January 6th
  • Proud Boys
  • pardon rejection
  • Pam Hemphill

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Proud Boys, NPR, PBS, HuffPost

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