APOPKA, Fla. – Nathan Tuck told News 6 he got a call from his attorney around 11 p.m. on Monday that President Donald Trump pardoned him and others for charges stemming from the attack on the US Capitol.
It was Jan. 6, 2021, when some of the supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol building – some of them trying to stop the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.
“I’m so proud of it. I am so proud of January 6th. I have no remorse for it, I am very proud of it,” Nathan Tuck said.
Tuck also proudly tells News 6 he is a member of the Proud Boys and a former police officer of almost 9 years in Apopka and Longwood.
He was facing about 14 months behind bars for his role after pleading guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges.
“So I went into the Capitol. I participated in a protest that was very peaceful, and the cops are the ones that instigated the entire thing... I just protested and entered the Capitol building that I paid for my entire life through my taxes. So I’m not sorry,” Tuck said.
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According to the United States Attorney’s Office, Nathaniel Tuck was the sole member of his co-defendants who successfully pushed his way past a line of multiple Capitol Police officers, making physical contact with at least one officer as he did so...and he “...spent most of the next hour inside the Capitol building, where he berated officers, shouting at them and calling them “communists.”
Later he sent a text to his father saying, “Politics won’t save us. Violence is the only way we will win.”
His father Kevin Tuck was with him that day and also charged.
He was an officer with the Windermere Police Department and also pleaded guilty for his role in the 2021 insurrection at the U.S.Capitol.
He was sentenced to six months is prison and had yet to start his sentence.
Last night Nathan celebrated with fellow Proud Boys members. He told News 6,
“We just drank and had a good time last night. Picked up a lot of guys from prison last night,” Nathan Tuck said.
There were about 45 local arrests made in connection with Jan. 6. Three Central Floridians were charged with some of the most serious crimes.
Joseph Biggs, a Proud Boy from Ormond Beach, and Kelly Meggs - an Oath Keeper from Dunnellon - were both convicted of seditious conspiracy.
And Kenneth Harrelson, and Oath Keeper from Titusville was convicted of lesser charges, and was sentecned to four years in prison.
All three have now been released.
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