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Christopher Raphael Spencer
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageChristopher Raphael Spencer — Chris to people who know him — is from Pilot Mountain, North Carolina. He has the distinction, if you can call it that, of being the first North Carolina resident the FBI arrested in connection with January 6. [FACT / news reporting] On January 6, 2021, Chris and his wife entered the Capitol through the Senate Wing Door and moved into the Crypt. He filmed on Facebook Live and urged the crowd on. He is not accused of assaulting anyone. In February 2024 he was found guilty of felony obstruction and misdemeanor counts. [FACT — court record] On January 20, 2025, President Trump pardoned the January 6 defendants, Chris among them. [FACT] A small-town North Carolina man who livestreamed the day he will always be known for — and who is more than one afternoon on video. The record: convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding and misdemeanors including entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly conduct, and parading in a Capitol building; pardoned January 20, 2025. Case 1:21-cr-147, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. 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-147
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 1/19/21 in the Middle District of North Carolina. Charged via information on 2/23/21. Superseding indictment issued 3/10/21. Spencer pleaded not guilty to all counts on 3/31/21. Status conference set for 8/3/21 at 3:30 pm.
- Arrested
- January 19, 2021
Charges
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; 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,
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