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Blake Austin Reed

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Blake Austin Reed is a Nashville, Tennessee man. FACT: He traveled from Tennessee to Washington for the January 6, 2021 rally. FACT: He pleaded guilty on January 11, 2022 to a single misdemeanor — entering or remaining in a restricted building — and on April 14, 2022 was sentenced to probation, not prison, with a fine and restitution. A misdemeanor. Probation. A man who went to a rally and walked into a building. FACT: The January 20, 2025 presidential clemency proclamation swept in the January 6 cases. Case record: No. 1:21-cr-204, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Guilty plea Jan. 11, 2022; sentenced April 14, 2022 to three years probation (incl. 42 days intermittent confinement and 3 months home detention), $2,500 fine, $500 restitution. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
1:21-cr-204
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Arrested 1/17/21 in Nashville. Initial apparance on 1/19/21. Released with conditions. Reed pleaded not guilty on 3/12/21 to all counts on the indictment issued 3/10/21. Pleaded guilty 1/11/22. Sentenced 4/14/22 to three years of probation, including 42 days of intermittent confinement, 3 months of home detention, $2,500 fine, $500 restitution.
Arrested
January 17, 2021
Plea
January 11, 2022
Sentenced
April 14, 2022

Charges

  • Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting
  • Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds
  • Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds
  • Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building
  • Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building

Sentence

three years of probation, including 42 days of intermittent confinement, 3 months of home detention, $2,500 fine, $500 restitution

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