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Bryan Betancur

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Bryan Betancur of Silver Spring, Maryland was among the earliest January 6 arrests — taken into custody on January 17, 2021, eleven days after the Capitol breach. FACT: His January 6 case was resolved as a single misdemeanor. He pleaded guilty in May 2022 to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds (CBS Baltimore; WUSA9). FACT: He was not charged with assaulting any officer on January 6. GPS records showed he spent about three hours in or around the Capitol; he climbed scaffolding and was inside the building (CBS Baltimore). FACT: On August 10, 2022, Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced him to 4 months of incarceration, 12 months of supervised release, and $500 restitution (CBS Baltimore; DOJ). FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump's January 6 clemency proclamation covered his case (Maryland Matters). CHARGE ONLY / NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: After the January 2025 clemency, Maryland Matters reported that Betancur was arrested in a matter unrelated to January 6, following video said to show a man touching strangers on Metro trains. That report describes an arrest and an accusation. It is not a conviction, no disposition is captured in this archive, and he is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. (Maryland Matters) NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: Some press coverage of his January 6 case also applied characterizations of his affiliations and beliefs. Those are descriptions by news outlets, not findings by any court, and this archive does not adopt them. The January 6 court record is above, complete and unedited: one misdemeanor plea, four months, a pardon. --- CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-cr-51 — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested 1/17/21. Pleaded guilty 5/5/22. Sentenced 8/10/22: 4 months incarceration, 12 months supervised release, $500 restitution. Pardoned 1/20/25. DOJ page: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/betancur-bryan-aka-bryan-clooney-aka-maximo-clooney This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.