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Bryan Wayne Ivey
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageBryan Wayne Ivey is a Tennessee National Guardsman and a heavy equipment operator out of the Cookeville and Crossville country of Middle Tennessee. He wore the uniform. He runs iron for a living. Start there, because that is the man. SERVICE. Bryan Wayne Ivey enlisted in the Tennessee National Guard in May 2014 and served roughly three years. FACT, per his own defense sentencing memorandum filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and archived by the GW Program on Extremism. TRADE. He has worked as a heavy equipment operator, deckhand, dock worker, and in equipment maintenance, including two years with Pine Bluff Materials in Nashville before sentencing, with prior work in drilling and mining operations. FACT, per the same sentencing memorandum. That is a man who works with his hands for a living. FAMILY. He married in June 2016 and helped raise his wife's two children. FACT, per the sentencing memorandum. No names of minors appear in this archive, and none ever will. Hometown: Cookeville, Tennessee per his sentencing memorandum, reported as Crossville in early WBIR coverage. Age 28 at the time of the offense. Here is the record. Bryan Wayne Ivey was arrested March 4, 2021, with an initial appearance March 12, 2021. He was charged by criminal information March 31, 2021, and pleaded not guilty April 19, 2021. At a plea hearing June 22, 2021, he pleaded guilty to count four of the information, the petty parading offense. On March 30, 2022, he was sentenced to three years of probation including 60 days of home detention and $500 restitution. FACT, per the DOJ case record and WUSA9. No felony conviction. No prison. Probation and home detention for a misdemeanor. At sentencing Bryan Ivey told the court he was remorseful, said the election was not stolen, and promised he would never break the law again. THEIR ACCOUNT, per his sentencing memorandum. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. THE CASE RECORD Case 1:21-cr-267, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Charges per the DOJ record: 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. DOJ page: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/ivey-bryan-wayne 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-267
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 3/4/21. Initial appearance held 3/12/21. Charged via criminal information 3/31/21. Pleaded not guilty 4/19/21. Plea agreement hearing held 6/22/21. Defendant entered guilty plea to count four of the information. Sentenced 3/30/22, to three years of probation, including 60 days of home detention, $500 restitution.
- Arrested
- March 4, 2021
- Sentenced
- March 30, 2022
Charges
- 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 60 days of home detention, $500 restitution
Press & news
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/ivey-bryan-wayne →
- https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs5746/files/Bryan%20Wayne%20Ivey%20Defense%20Sentencing%20Memorandum.pdf →
- https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/one-of-the-first-rioters-to-enter-the-capitol-sentenced-to-probation-bryan-ivey-dominic-pezzola-proud-boy-tennessee/65-3e33dba7-55da-4c59-bee9-b3e8b9db7315 →
- https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/tennessee-man-bryan-ivey-who-helped-others-enter-capitol-pleads-guilty-to-misdemeanor-dominic-pezzola/65-d3eb33c3-3f24-4db4-b173-5a2ad0855837 →
- https://www.wsmv.com/2022/03/30/tennessee-man-sentenced-role-us-capitol-riot/ →
- https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/crossville-man-arrested-for-alleged-involvement-in-us-capitol-riots/51-85a510f8-d363-4cd4-b576-568af035906f →
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