Pardons and Bullets: Matthew Huttle’s FAFO Moment

The Capitol rioter thought he beat the system, but America’s justice machine had other plans.

Matthew Huttle fucked around. And, as it turns out, he found out—hard. The Capitol rioter, once pardoned by Donald Trump for his part in the January 6 insurrection, was fatally shot during a traffic stop in Indiana after resisting arrest and reportedly pulling a gun on a sheriff’s deputy. It’s a story that reads like a dark punchline: pardoned for treas…