In the eyes of a Washington, D.C., jury, Derek Kinnison is a criminal who took part in an insurrection. But at 412 Church Temecula Valley, Kinnison is a true Christian.

The 43-year-old Lake Elsinore man and his family received an embrace from Pastor Tim Thompson, a standing ovation and cheers at the church Sunday, almost a week after Kinnison and others convicted of crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot received pardons from President Donald Trump.

“The Bible says that we weep with those who weep,” Thompson told a packed house. “Certainly nine months ago when he was going into prison, we all wept with this family as they wept. But today,