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Derek Cooper Gunby

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Derek Cooper Gunby is from Anderson, South Carolina, in the Upstate. He did not take a plea deal. He pleaded not guilty and took his case to a jury, which found him guilty on all counts in November 2023. But the record did not end there. In August 2024, the obstruction conviction against Derek Gunby was thrown out. He was sentenced in December 2024 to 60 days, but before his surrender date ever arrived, President Trump's January 20, 2025 pardon reached him first. Derek Gunby never spent a day in prison over January 6. He has spoken publicly about it since, telling Fox Carolina he is still after full exoneration and that the pardon "will do until that." Derek Cooper Gunby has said plainly that he does not believe he did anything wrong by going to Washington to protest in the first place. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-mj-508, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested 8/10/21. Pleaded not guilty; jury trial verdict of guilty on all counts, 11/13/23. Obstruction conviction dismissed 8/28/24. Sentenced 12/17/24: 60 days incarceration, 12 months supervised release, $1,500 fine, $500 restitution. Full pardon, January 20, 2025, before surrender date. Sources: Post and Courier, Fox Carolina, Wikipedia List of January 6 Capitol attack cases. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.