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Aaron Donald Sauer

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Aaron Donald Sauer is a Syracuse, New York man caught up in the January 6 cases, a case that ran nearly four years before it closed without a trial. FACT: Prosecutors allege Sauer was a member of a New York chapter of the Proud Boys and marched with the group toward the Capitol on January 6, 2021. They allege he deployed pepper spray against police, tore down a portion of the perimeter fencing, and moved bike racks blocking the crowd. Charges are allegations; the government still had to prove them, and never did. (Source: DOJ; Law & Crime; WSKG) FACT: Investigators say text messages recovered from his phone included "We took the capitol" the day of, and a message the next morning claiming he was "the front line for storming" the building. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION on the exact wording. (Source: Law & Crime) FACT: He was arrested February 9, 2024, three years after January 6, and pleaded not guilty to all charges. A jury trial was set for May 5, 2025. (Source: NPR January 6 Defendants Database) WHERE THINGS STAND: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to January 6 defendants. The next day, January 21, 2025, the court granted the government's own motion to dismiss Sauer's case with prejudice, before it ever reached that May trial date. The record closes as a dismissed case, not a conviction. (Source: NPR January 6 Defendants Database) The public record on Aaron is mostly a charging document. That is not the whole of a man. If you know his work, his family, his service, help us tell it true. CASE RECORD U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Charges alleged: Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Destruction of Government Property; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building Disposition: Arrested 2/9/24. Pleaded not guilty. Jury trial set for 5/5/25 never occurred; case dismissed with prejudice 1/21/25 following the 1/20/25 clemency proclamation. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.