Mark McCloskey, Patricia McCloskey Receive Pardons
The McCloskeys, who emphatically insisted they acted in self-defense, used the incident to bolster their profiles at the national level. They showed no contrition after pleading guilty. It was quite the opposite. Mark McCloskey, who is running for the U.S. Senate, appeared in a video in which he said he would “do it again.” A year ago, the mob came to my door to attack my family— I backed them down The mob came for me, the media attacked me & prosecutors tried to punish me for defending my family They dropped all charges, except for a claim I instilled “imminent fear” in the mob