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Dona Sue Bissey
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Dona Sue Bissey is a hairdresser from Bloomfield, Indiana, and one of the January 6 defendants pardoned in 2025. She was 52 years old on January 6, 2021 (FACT: WTHR, Tribune-Star). Small town, steady trade. A chair, a pair of scissors, and a book of regulars, that is the life she went home to. FACT: She pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor, parading, demonstrating, or picketing in the Capitol. She served 14 days, completed 60 hours of community service, and paid $500 in restitution (DOJ, NBC News, NPR Jan. 6 archive). WHERE THINGS STAND: On January 20, 2025, President Trump's clemency for January 6 defendants reached her case with a full pardon. Dona is a working woman from small-town Indiana whose name got attached to a national story. The rest of who she is belongs to her. THE RECORD, kept honest, charges are charges: CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-cr-165, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Charge of conviction: parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building (misdemeanor). Arrested: February 26, 2021. Charged via criminal information: March 1, 2021. Pleaded guilty: July 19, 2021. Sentenced: October 12, 2021, to 14 days incarceration, 60 hours community service, $500 restitution. Clemency: full pardon, January 20, 2025. DOJ file: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/bissey-dona-sue WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE: Bissey was never charged with assault, a weapon, or damaging property. The count she pleaded guilty to, parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building, is the lowest-level federal charge that day. A short jail stretch and community service, not a headline-grabbing sentence, is what the court actually ordered. Her plea, her sentence, and her pardon are the whole of her federal record, and nothing more should be read into it. 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-165
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 2/26/21. Charged via criminal information on 3/1/21. Initial appearance held on 3/1/21. Arraigned 3/12/21 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. Status conference held on 5/17/21. Plea agreement hearing entered 7/19/21 and she pleaded guilty to count 1. Sentenced 10/12 to 14 days incarceration, 60 hours community service, and $500 restitution.
- Arrested
- February 26, 2021
Charges
- Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
Sentence
14 days incarceration, 60 hours community service, and $500 restitution
Press & news
- https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/dona-sue-bissey-capitol-riot-case-sentencing-bloomfield-probation/531-e2b5ad85-30f3-490c-8450-ecf778aa217c →
- https://apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/database.html →
- https://www.tribstar.com/news/greene-county-womans-capitol-riot-sentence-includes-14-days-in-prison/article_6e40dc5e-2b8e-11ec-9304-af04fd78e915.html →
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