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Christopher Ray Grider
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageBefore Washington, Chris Grider built something with his own hands. He and his wife run Kissing Tree Vineyards, a family winery near Waco, Texas. That was the life he came home to. (FACT, reported by KWTX and KSAT.) He wore the uniform first. Grider served as a U.S. Air Force military police officer and in the Army National Guard, years spent guarding people, not storming anything. (FACT, reported by KWTX.) A husband. A veteran. A small-business owner in Central Texas. That is the fuller picture the headlines skipped past. The court record, straight: Grider was convicted at trial in December 2022 for his conduct at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and sentenced to 83 months. Charges are charges, and a jury reached its verdict. On January 20, 2025, his case was covered by President Trump's clemency for January 6 defendants, and he was released from the federal prison in Bastrop. (FACT.) Case record: No. 1:21-cr-22, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested January 21, 2021. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-22
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 1/21/2021. Indicted 1/26. Arraigned 2/22 and pleaded not guilty to counts 1-7. Status conference set for 8/30 at 2 pm. Defendant remains on personal recognizance. Sentenced at Trial 12/21/22.
- Arrested
- January 21, 2021
- Sentenced
- December 21, 2022
Charges
- Destruction of Government Property; Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
Sentence
Sentenced at Trial 12/21/22
Press & news
- https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2023/05/24/texas-winery-operator-sentenced-to-nearly-7-years-in-prison-for-storming-us-capitol/ →
- https://www.kwtx.com/2023/05/23/central-texas-businessman-sentenced-nearly-7-years-prison-role-january-6-insurrection/ →
- https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-winery-operator-sentenced-7-years-prison-role-jan-6 →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Christopher Ray Grider appears in the record of United States v. Nichols. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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