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Bradley Stuart Bennett

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Bradley Stuart Bennett is a Trinity, North Carolina man who, when the FBI came looking, did not run. FACT: Bradley turned himself in on April 12, 2021. He was 41 years old, one of more than a dozen North Carolinians charged in the early wave of January 6 cases (WSOC; the High Point Enterprise). FACT: He was indicted April 21, 2021 and arraigned April 29, 2021, entering a plea of not guilty to all counts. He later pleaded guilty to charges in his case, and North Carolina's FOX8 reported that the felony obstruction charge against him was dismissed, the same obstruction theory that was later narrowed by courts across the entire January 6 docket following the Supreme Court's Fischer decision. FACT: Local coverage of the North Carolina and South Carolina defendants placed his case among the more than two dozen Carolinians charged in connection with January 6, a group followed closely by regional television stations from the day of his surrender through the resolution of his case. A Trinity, North Carolina man who walked into custody on his own two feet, resolved his case, and watched the heaviest charge against him fall away, one of a dozen North Carolina cases the Piedmont Triad news outlets followed closely start to finish. WHERE THINGS STAND: On January 20, 2025, President Trump's clemency proclamation covered January 6 cases, including this one. If this is Bradley or his family, claiming this page is free, and the fuller story, service, family, community, belongs here. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-cr-312, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Surrendered April 12, 2021. Indicted April 21, 2021. Arraigned April 29, 2021, pleaded not guilty to all counts. Later pleaded guilty; felony obstruction count dismissed. Covered by the January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation. 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-312
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Arrested 4/12/21. Indicted 4/21/21. Arraigned 4/29/21 and pleaded not guilty to all counts.
Arrested
April 12, 2021

Charges

  • Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Entering and Remaining in the Gallery of Congress; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
  • Obstruction of Justice/Official Proceeding

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