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Charles Donohoe
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Charles Donohoe is a United States Marine from Kernersville, North Carolina, and he deployed to Iraq twice before most men his age had finished college. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2006. Two deployments to Iraq. Honorably discharged in 2010. FACT, per Military.com. Honorably discharged. Write that down and keep it in front of everything else on this page. After the Corps, Charles Donohoe worked as a private military contractor and did contract work for the State Department. Reporting at his sentencing described a veteran who had a hard time settling back into civilian life. FACT, per Military.com. Two Iraq tours, then the long walk home. There are a lot of men in this country who know exactly what that means. THE LEGAL FIGHT Arrested March 17, 2021. Arraigned April 6, 2021. Superseding indictment returned March 7, 2022. Pleaded guilty April 8, 2022 to felony conspiracy and assault charges. FACT, per the DOJ record and the Department of Justice press release. He cooperated with federal prosecutors. FACT, per Military.com. Sentenced December 19, 2023 to three years and four months, with credit for time already served in custody since his arrest in March 2021. FACT, per Military.com and Spectrum News. THEIR ACCOUNT: In open court Charles Donohoe said, "I knew what I was doing was illegal from the very moment those barricades got knocked down." FACT, that is his quote, per Military.com. He owned it in front of a federal judge. Not everybody does. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. The proclamation named fourteen individuals for commutation of sentence and granted full, complete and unconditional pardons to the rest. Charles Donohoe is not among the fourteen named for commutation. FACT, per the text of the proclamation. THE CASE RECORD Case 1:21-cr-175, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested 3/17/2021. Arraigned 4/6/2021. Superseding indictment 3/7/2022. Pleaded guilty 4/8/2022. Sentenced 12/19/2023. Social handles are listed here only when the person publishes them. 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-175
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 3/17/21. Arraigned 4/6/21. Superseding indictment returned, 3/7/22. Pleaded guilty 4/8/22.
- Arrested
- March 17, 2021
- Plea
- April 8, 2022
Charges
- Conspiracy; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Destruction of Government Property and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds
Press & news
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/ →
- https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2023/12/19/proud-boys-nc-sentenced-trump →
- https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/12/20/marine-vet-involved-jan-6-sentenced-over-3-years-after-helping-feds-investigate-other-proud-boys.html →
- https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leader-north-carolina-chapter-proud-boys-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-and-assault-charges-jan-6 →
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