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Adam Lejay Jackson
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Adam Lejay Jackson is a Katy, Texas man who went to Washington on January 6, 2021, alongside his brother, and years later faced his case and took the plea himself. FACT: A witness who was a distant relative told the FBI that Adam and his brother Brian Scott Jackson had posted about being at the Capitol. Investigators tracked the brothers through cellular data and flight records. Video allegedly shows Adam Jackson hurling an object at a line of law enforcement officers near the Lower West Terrace tunnel. (Source: Spectrum News; court records) FACT: In the fall of 2023, he pleaded guilty to a felony count of Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon, accepting responsibility rather than fighting the record. (Source: Houston Public Media; KHOU) FACT: On March 21, 2024, Judge Rudolph Contreras handed down one of the more unusual sentences of the January 6 cases: 36 months of probation with 52 consecutive weekends in jail, plus a $4,392 fine and $2,000 in restitution, a structure that kept him working during the week and out of continuous incarceration. (Source: WUSA9; DOJ; NPR January 6 Defendants Database) Adam Jackson served his weekends and kept moving forward in Katy, Texas. WHERE THINGS STAND: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering January 6 convictions, ending the federal case. CASE RECORD Case 1:22-mj-127, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Charges (plea): Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon (felony) Disposition: Complaint filed 6/2/22. Arrested 6/7/22. Pleaded guilty to felony assault of a federal officer, fall 2023. Sentenced 3/21/24 to 36 months probation, 52 consecutive weekends in jail, $4,392 fine, $2,000 restitution. Clemency 1/20/25. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
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On the record
- Case number
- 1:22-mj-127
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Complaint Filed: 6/2/22 Arrested: 6/7/22 Pleaded guilty to felony assault of a federal officer, fall 2023. Sentenced 3/21/24 to 36 months probation, 52 consecutive weekends in jail, $4,392 fine, $2,000 restitution. Clemency 1/20/25.
- Arrested
- June 7, 2022
Charges
- Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon
Sentence
36 months probation, 52 consecutive weekends in jail, $4,392 fine, $2,000 restitution
Press & news
- https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2023/10/02/465410/katy-man-pleads-guilty-to-assault-on-federal-officer-during-jan-6-insurrection/ →
- https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/katy-man-pleads-guilty-assaulting-officer-jan-6/285-6fcda6d0-24f4-487f-981f-7017259142b8 →
- https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/texas-man-who-rammed-police-with-riot-shield-sentenced-to-year-of-weekends-in-jail-adam-lejay-jackson-katy/65-686fa490-3410-4c65-a0ac-ae205d422c89 →
- https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2022/06/08/texas-brothers-charged-in-jan--6-riot--accused-of-hurling-flagpole--objects-at-police →
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