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Posted: 2024-04-30T13:23:00Z | Updated: 2024-04-30T13:23:00Z Guilty-Pleading Jan. 6 Participant Wildly Shows He Learned Nothing From Prison | HuffPost

Guilty-Pleading Jan. 6 Participant Wildly Shows He Learned Nothing From Prison

Derrick Evans, now running for Congress, gave a jaw-dropping interview to CNN.

A Jan. 6 participant who livestreamed his invasion of the U.S. Capitol and pleaded guilty to felony civil disorder  told CNN Monday that he did nothing wrong on the most patriotic day of his life. (Watch the video below.)

Derrick Evans also said, Theres no separation of church and state. Thats another lie thats been portrayed by the left.

What makes the latter statement so noteworthy is that Evans is now running for the U.S. House of Representatives in West Virginia after being forced to resign from the states House of Delegates following the attempted coup.

Back then, Evans said he deeply regret any hurt, pain or embarrassment I may have caused my family, friends, constituents and fellow West Virginians. 

But Evans, sentenced to three months in prison , was an unrepentant zealot when confronted by CNN correspondent Donie OSullivan .

Evans accused CNN of painting a false narrative of the insurrection, called himself a political prisoner, and depicted himself as a peacemaker on that day as his clip of the siege played.

The reporter reminded Evans that he pleaded guilty, but Evans said he was merely trying to avoid a much stiffer sentence for his breaching of the Capitol with a pro-Trump mob intent on overturning the 2020 election. 

What I was doing that day was not only protected by the Constitution, it was protected by those natural God-given rights of free speech, Evans said.

But also, of course, theres a separation between church and state, OSullivan replied.

No, theres not, Evans shot back. Theres no separation of church and state. Thats another lie thats been portrayed by the left.

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