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Chad Dustin Suenram

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Chad Dustin Suenram is a Marine Corps veteran and a self-employed single dad from Wichita, Kansas. Five kids at home. Four biological, one recently adopted out of foster care. That is the load this man carries, and he carries it himself. FACT: Court records describe Chad Suenram as a single parent with custody of five minor children, including a child adopted from foster care. (Stars and Stripes, 10/22/2024) FACT: He served in the United States Marine Corps and now works for himself in Kansas. (Stars and Stripes, 10/22/2024) On January 6, 2021 he was inside the Capitol for roughly 35 minutes, recording on his phone and chanting with the crowd. (FACT, Stars and Stripes) His legal fight ended without a trial and without prison. FACT: In April 2024 he pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of entering and remaining in a restricted building. (Stars and Stripes; KAKE) FACT: On October 22, 2024 a federal judge sentenced him to two years of probation and 500 dollars in restitution. (Stars and Stripes) FACT: The January 20, 2025 presidential clemency proclamation covered January 6 cases, including cases like his. CASE RECORD Name: Chad Dustin Suenram Case number: 23-mj-156, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Complaint filed 7/6/2023. Arrested 7/18/2023. DOJ record: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/suenram-chad-dustin This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
23-mj-156
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Complaint Filed - 07/06/2023 Arrested - 07/18/2023

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