‘It’s just a creepy thing to do’: Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter convicted in hair-touching case

Quite a few Jan. 6 rioters have been re-arrested after their presidential pardon, but none have faced accusations quite like this.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A pardoned Capitol rioter has been convicted after touching a woman’s hair on the D.C. metro, which the judge described as a “creepy thing to do.” Bryan Betancur, a self-professed white supremacist who was previously granted clemency by President Donald Trump, was found guilty in D.C. Sup

A pardoned Jan. 6 defendant was found guilty Wednesday of a single count of simple assault for sitting behind a woman on a train, touching her hair and posting the incident to social media.