A resident of Boca Raton who was convicted of threatening Federal Bureau of Investigation agents more than four years ago has been pardoned by President Donald Trump.According to a post on the social media platform X by Edward R. Martin Jr., the Pardon Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Suzanne Ellen Kaye received a full and unconditional pardon by President Trump on Friday, Nov. 14.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsMartin posted the following message on X on Saturday: “Thank you: @POTUS! The Biden DOJ targeted Suzanne Kaye for social media posts—and she was sentenced to 18 months in federal lock up. President Trump is unwinding the damage done by Biden’s DOJ weaponization, so the healing can begin.”Kaye was arrested on Feb. 17, 2021, after the FBI received a second tip on Feb. 8 that Kaye posted three videos on social media stating that the FBI wanted to question her about her visit to Washington, DC on Jan. 6, 2021.In a video post, Kaye said she would “shoot their a—” if FBI agents showed up at her house.On Jan. 16, 2021, the FBI received a tip that Kaye may have been at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the day of the riot at the U.S. Capitol as the 2020 presidential election results were being certified by Congress.She may have also known people at the riot. The Department of Justice said Kaye was contacted by two FBI agents on Jan. 28, 2021, and agreed to meet with FBI agents at her home.On Jan. 31, 2021, before any interview with the FBI, Kaye posted the videos online. Kaye was found guilty in June 2022, and a federal district judge in West Palm Beach sentenced Kaye to 18 months in federal prison on April 26, 2023.A Federal Bureau of Prisons database notes that Kaye has not been in custody of the federal government since June 7, 2024. Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.According to the Associated Press, on Jan. 6, 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump, fueled by his false claims of a stolen election, assaulted police and smashed their way into the Capitol to interrupt the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory, forcing lawmakers into hiding; most of the rioters had come from a nearby rally where Trump urged them to “fight like hell.” A Trump supporter, Ashli Babbitt, was shot and killed by a police officer as she tried to breach a barricaded doorway inside the Capitol. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, injured while confronting the rioters, suffered a stroke the next day and died from natural causes, the Washington, D.C., medical examiner’s office said. Congress reconvened hours later to finish certifying the election result.
A resident of Boca Raton who was convicted of threatening Federal Bureau of Investigation agents more than four years ago has been pardoned by President Donald Trump.
According to a post on the social media platform X by Edward R. Martin Jr., the Pardon Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Suzanne Ellen Kaye received a full and unconditional pardon by President Trump on Friday, Nov. 14.
Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News
Martin posted the following message on X on Saturday:
“Thank you: @POTUS! The Biden DOJ targeted Suzanne Kaye for social media posts—and she was sentenced to 18 months in federal lock up. President Trump is unwinding the damage done by Biden’s DOJ weaponization, so the healing can begin.”
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Kaye was arrested on Feb. 17, 2021, after the FBI received a second tip on Feb. 8 that Kaye posted three videos on social media stating that the FBI wanted to question her about her visit to Washington, DC on Jan. 6, 2021.
In a video post, Kaye said she would “shoot their [expletive] a—” if FBI agents showed up at her house.
On Jan. 16, 2021, the FBI received a tip that Kaye may have been at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the day of the riot at the U.S. Capitol as the 2020 presidential election results were being certified by Congress.
She may have also known people at the riot. The Department of Justice said Kaye was contacted by two FBI agents on Jan. 28, 2021, and agreed to meet with FBI agents at her home.
On Jan. 31, 2021, before any interview with the FBI, Kaye posted the videos online.
Kaye was found guilty in June 2022, and a federal district judge in West Palm Beach sentenced Kaye to 18 months in federal prison on April 26, 2023.
A Federal Bureau of Prisons database notes that Kaye has not been in custody of the federal government since June 7, 2024.
Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.
According to the Associated Press, on Jan. 6, 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump, fueled by his false claims of a stolen election, assaulted police and smashed their way into the Capitol to interrupt the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory, forcing lawmakers into hiding; most of the rioters had come from a nearby rally where Trump urged them to “fight like hell.”
A Trump supporter, Ashli Babbitt, was shot and killed by a police officer as she tried to breach a barricaded doorway inside the Capitol. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, injured while confronting the rioters, suffered a stroke the next day and died from natural causes, the Washington, D.C., medical examiner’s office said.
Congress reconvened hours later to finish certifying the election result.
