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Chad Dustin Suenram

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Chad Dustin Suenram is a Marine Corps veteran and single father of five from Wichita, Kansas, and a January 6 defendant. Five kids at home. Four biological, one adopted out of foster care. That is what this man carries, and he carries it himself. (per Stars and Stripes, October 22, 2024) FACT: He served in the United States Marine Corps and works for himself in Kansas. He was photographed on January 6 with a flag painted on his head, one of ten Kansas residents charged in connection with that day. (Stars and Stripes; Yahoo News; Kansas City Star) FACT: He was inside the Capitol for roughly 35 minutes on January 6, 2021, recording on his phone and chanting with the crowd. (Stars and Stripes) His legal fight ended without a trial and without prison, more than three years after the fact. 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 in restitution. No jail time, given the custody of his five children. (Stars and Stripes) FACT: The January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation covered January 6 cases, including his. (DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney) WHERE THINGS STAND: A Marine, a single dad of five, a misdemeanor plea, probation, and a pardon. He went home to raise his kids. CASE RECORD Case number 23-mj-156, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Complaint filed July 6, 2023. Arrested July 18, 2023. Pleaded guilty April 2024. Sentenced October 22, 2024. Pardoned January 20, 2025. Suenram's sentencing memo, according to Stars and Stripes, leaned on his role as sole caregiver for his children. The judge's two-year probation term, with no incarceration, reflected that. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.