DOJ Drops “Fleeing Justice” Charge For Fugitive Rioter

Law & Crime reports:

A Jan. 6 rioter who was arrested in Canada after failing to report to prison and attempting to apply for asylum has gotten the green light to come back to the United States — with federal prosecutors quashing the arrest warrant they issued for him earlier this month and dismissing his fleeing justice charge — as a result of the presidential pardons last week, his lawyer says.

“He’s very happy with how all this has ended with the presidential pardon and he really wants to go home,” Robert Tibbo, attorney for convicted Indiana rioter Antony Vo, told Law&Crime on Monday. “His four misdemeanor convictions, and also the January 2025 failure to surrender charge, all of those fall under the presidential pardon,” Tibbo said.

Vo was reportedly captured during a snowboarding trip in Whistler on the anniversary of the 2021 insurrection. He was arrested without incident for violating Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), according to the Canada Border Services Agency.

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‘He really wants to go home’: Jan. 6 rioter who fled to Canada after skipping prison sentence gets fleeing justice charge erased and is ‘anxious’ to come back now https://t.co/Ugos4K2N72

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