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Adam Ryan Obest of Thurmont, Maryland served in the National Guard and worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (FACT — WUSA9). On January 6 he carried a large American flag on a metal pole to the Lower West Terrace, and prosecutors charged him with weapon-enhanced felonies over what he did with it (FACT — DOJ). Here is what mattered at trial: Judge Amit Mehta heard all the evidence at a bench trial and ACQUITTED him of the dangerous-weapon counts (FACT — WUSA9). He was convicted of civil disorder and of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers — without the weapon findings. Prosecutors asked for four years. The court gave 18 months, plus 36 months of supervised release — less than half the government's request (FACT — WUSA9; DOJ). On January 20, 2025, President Trump's clemency proclamation issued full pardons for January 6 convictions, including cases like Obest's (FACT). A Guard veteran and federal employee who took a day off work to go to a rally (FACT — WUSA9). One afternoon changed everything that came after. THE CASE RECORD Case No. 23-mj-125, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Complaint filed 6/9/23. Arrested 6/13/23. Convicted at bench trial of civil disorder and assault counts; acquitted of dangerous-weapon charges. Sentenced to 18 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.