A Texas man has claimed his business has been inundated with threats and negative reviews since President Donald Trump pardoned him for his role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
Adam Jackson pleaded guilty last year to one count of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon.
Federal prosecutors had claimed he threw a large cone at law enforcement officials and rammed at them with a stolen riot shield, causing two to stumble to the ground, according to the Houston Chronicle.
The entire incident was captured on video his brother, Brian, shared to Facebook, KHOU reports.
Jackson was then sentenced in March 2024 to serve 52 consecutive weeks in jail and house arrest, and was serving that sentence when Trump pardoned rioters last month.
But now, Jackson told Newsweek, his business, Patriot Service Electric, is being inundated with negative reviews and emails – many of which are coming from outside of his community, including from Washington DC and Maryland.
‘I haven’t used them – I would be wary of letting anyone in my home who promotes violence against others (especially police officers serving their country) let alone those that think its somehow patriotic,’ one review seen by DailyMail.com said.
‘Where you spend your money shows what kind of values you have – pick accordingly.’
Adam Jackson pleaded guilty last year to one count of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon at the January 6 Capitol riot
Another urged Texans to not ‘support awful people using patriotism as a guise for who you really are and what you really believe in,’ and in a since-deleted review, a third person said Jackson’s involvement in the riot ‘raises serious concerns about their ethics and judgment.’
‘You may have been pardoned by that fascist garbage, but you are still guilty and will be remembered as felons,’ another since-deleted review said, according to Newsweek. ‘YOU PLEAD GUILTY.’
Jackson said he has been working with Google to remove the negative spam comments.
But he said he has also been receiving death threats, and was concerned for his family’s safety.
‘All “Jan6ers” have paid a heavy price,’ the business owner said. ‘When do we move on?’
He noted that the negative reviews first started after he was arrested by the FBI, but said they have only gotten worse since he was pardoned.
Still, Jackson said he has not told police about the threats because ‘I don’t fear cowards.’
And, he said, the negative reviews have seemed to backfire – as more community members have been showing up to support his business.
Despite the negative reviews, Jackson said his business, Patriot Service Electric, is ‘thriving’
‘My business is thriving!’ Jackson claimed.
‘Although it can be exhausting dealing with the attacks, it brings us more support.’
‘We run an honest company and provide quality service to our community,’ he added.
Reflecting back on the riot, Jackson said he realizes it ‘was not a good thing’ because people got injured – but he said he has ‘no regrets’ about his role, as President Trump takes aim at federal officers who may have been involved that day.
The Justice Department has already been asked for a list of names of FBI agents who participated in the Capitol riot investigations, so that officials could determine whether any further steps need to be taken.
FBI agents believe the next step would be a round of mass dismissals.
He said he worries about his family’s safety after he received death threats
But when asked last week whether he was planning to fire the agents involved, Trump replied: ‘No but I’ll fire some of them, because some of them were corrupt. I have no doubt about that.’
‘I got to know a lot about that business, that world.
‘I got to know a lot about that world, and we had some corrupt agents, and those people are gone, or they will be gone, and it’ll be done quickly and very surgically.’
In the meantime, one of the other Capitol rioters is building a small community for her fellow January 6 convicts to flock to.
Jenny Cudd, 40, said the community would be akin to a halfway house on her 11-acre property in Fredericksburg, Texas, roughly 65 miles outside of San Antonio. The purpose behind her project is ‘fostering healing, wellness, and wholeness in body, soul, and spirit’ for those who were released from prison.
