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Antionne DeShaun Brodnax
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageAntionne DeShaun Brodnax is a Sandston, Virginia rapper known to fans as Bugzie the Don, whose music career put his name in the headlines long before the courthouse did. (FACT, WUSA9, The FADER) Brodnax built an independent music career and used his own photo from January 6, 2021 as an album cover, a choice that made his case one of the more widely covered in Virginia. (FACT, WUSA9, Complex, The FADER) The record: arrested March 11, 2021, initial appearance March 17, 2021. Charged via criminal information May 11, 2021. Arraigned May 20, 2021, pleaded not guilty to all counts. Pleaded guilty to all four counts of the information October 22, 2021. Sentenced December 19, 2022 to 5 months incarceration, 12 months supervised release, and $500 restitution. (FACT, DOJ) On January 20, 2025, President Trump proclaimed "a full, complete and unconditional pardon" for January 6 defendants nationwide. Antionne DeShaun Brodnax's case falls within that sweep. (DOCUMENTED INFERENCE, White House proclamation; individual certificate not independently confirmed) Case record: Case No. 1:21-cr-350, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. 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
- 1:21-cr-350
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested on - 3/11/21 Initial appearance - 3/17/21 Charged via criminal information - 5/11/21 Arraigned - 5/20/21 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. Brodnax pleaded guilty to all four counts of the information -10/22/2021. Sentenced - 12/19/2022 to 5 months incarceration, 12 months supervised release, $500 restitution
- Sentenced
- December 19, 2022
Sentence
5 months incarceration, 12 months supervised release, $500 restitution
Press & news
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/brodnax-antionne →
- https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/rapper-used-capitol-riot-photo-as-album-cover-bugzie-the-don/65-d842036b-a3fc-4ee4-89e2-2d19d38525b5 →
- https://www.thefader.com/2022/12/21/rapper-who-took-album-cover-at-jan-6-insurrection-sentenced-to-five-months-in-prison →
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/ →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Antionne DeShaun Brodnax appears in the record of United States v. Nichols. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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