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Christian Glen Cortez
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageChristian Glen Cortez is one of the 1,571 January 6 defendants indexed in this archive — preserved from the DOJ Capitol Breach case list this site mirrored after the government scrubbed it from justice.gov. Case 1:21-cr-317 — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Charges, per the DOJ record: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; 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. The docket, as recorded: Arrested 3/26/21. Initial appearance held on 4/23/21. Indicted 4/23/21. Arraigned 4/29/21 where he pleaded not guilty to all counts. Superseding information filed 5/20/22. Pleaded guilty 5/25/22. Sentenced 8/31/22 to 4 months of incarceration, 36 months of supervised release, 60 hours of community service, $2,000 restitution. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever. Organize the record, add your documents, and tell the story where no platform can bury it.
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On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-317
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 3/26/21. Initial appearance held on 4/23/21. Indicted 4/23/21. Arraigned 4/29/21 where he pleaded not guilty to all counts. Superseding information filed 5/20/22. Pleaded guilty 5/25/22. Sentenced 8/31/22 to 4 months of incarceration, 36 months of supervised release, 60 hours of community service, $2,000 restitution.
- Arrested
- March 26, 2021
- Plea
- May 25, 2022
- Sentenced
- August 31, 2022
Charges
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; 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
4 months of incarceration, 36 months of supervised release, 60 hours of community service, $2,000 restitution
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Christian Glen Cortez appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 2 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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2 documents on file
Court1 document
Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.
indictment · Apr 23, 2021
United States v. Larocca and Cortez — Indictment, ECF No. 13
Five-count indictment naming Benjamin Larocca and Christian Cortez. These are charging allegations. Larocca later pleaded guilty only to Count Three; the judgment dismissed the other four counts.
Govt response1 document
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.
article · May 25, 2022
DOJ Record of Benjamin Larocca’s One-Count Guilty Plea
Official DOJ release identifying Larocca as Christian Cortez’s co-defendant and recording Larocca’s April 2022 misdemeanor plea.