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Douglas Austin Jensen
January 6 defendant
Douglas Austin Jensen is a construction worker and family man from Des Moines, Iowa, a man who made his living building things with his hands. FACT: On January 6, 2021, Jensen traveled to Washington, D.C. as part of the Stop the Steal demonstrations. A day after the events at the Capitol he drove home to Des Moines, and the next morning he walked to a police station on his own and identified himself, turning himself in before any agent came looking. (Source: Iowa Public Radio; WUSA9) FACT: Federal prosecutors say Jensen can be seen in one of the most widely viewed videos of the riot, following a Capitol Police officer up a flight of stairs, trailed by the crowd. Court documents describe him as an adherent of QAnon and say he wore a "Q" shirt that day. (Source: court records) FACT: Jensen pleaded not guilty and was tried in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where a jury returned a guilty verdict on all seven counts on September 23, 2022. He was sentenced on December 16, 2022 to 60 months of imprisonment, 36 months of supervised release, $2,000 restitution, and a $520 special assessment. (Source: DOJ; court record) WHERE THINGS STAND: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted Douglas Jensen a full presidential pardon, and he was released. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-cr-00006-TJK-1, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Appeal No. 22-3100 docketed December 23, 2022. Charges: Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building Disposition: Arrested 1/8/21. Jury verdict on seven counts 9/23/22. Sentenced 12/16/22 to 60 months, 36 months supervised release, $2,000 restitution, $520 special assessment. Full presidential pardon 1/20/25. 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-00006-TJK-1
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Judge
- Timothy J. Kelly
- Defense attorney
- Christopher M. Davis
- Disposition
- Jury verdict on seven counts entered September 23, 2022; sentenced December 16, 2022 to 60 months imprisonment, 36 months supervised release, $2,000 restitution, $520 special assessment; full presidential pardon granted January 20, 2025. Appeal No. 22-3100 was docketed December 23, 2022; a later appellate disposition has not yet been captured.
- Arrested
- January 8, 2021
- Sentenced
- December 16, 2022
Charges
- Civil Disorder — 18 U.S.C. § 231(a)(3)
- Obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting — 18 U.S.C. §§ 1512(c)(2) and 2
- Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers — 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1)
- Entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon — 18 U.S.C. §§ 1752(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A)
- Disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon — 18 U.S.C. §§ 1752(a)(2) and (b)(1)(A)
- Disorderly conduct in a Capitol building — 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(D)
- Parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building — 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(G)
Sentence
60 months imprisonment, 36 months supervised release, $2,000 restitution, $520 special assessment
Press & news
- https://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2022-09-26/qanon-follower-doug-jensen-convicted-in-jan-6-trial →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/iowa-man-sentenced-five-years-felony-charges-related-capitol-breach →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/iowa-man-found-guilty-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges-related-capitol-breach →
- https://www.justice.gov/pardon/freedom-information-act-foia-release-pardon-certificate-recipients →
- https://extremism.gwu.edu/capitol-hill-siege-cases →
- https://dockets.justia.com/docket/circuit-courts/cadc/22-3100 →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Douglas Austin Jensen appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 11 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
Walk the whole case →Evidence on file
11 documents on file
Co-detainee1 document
Witness statements and letters from fellow January 6 detainees. These are attributed accounts, not court findings.
Court1 document
Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.
Govt response8 documents
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.
order · Jan 20, 2025
January 20, 2025 January 6 Clemency Proclamation
Presidential proclamation commuting the sentences of fourteen named January 6 defendants to time served and granting full, complete, and unconditional pardons to the other covered convicted defendants. Person-specific status must be determined from the proclamation’s two separate clemency provisions.
Readother · Jan 20, 2025
Office of the Pardon Attorney Record Listing Douglas Austin Jensen
Official DOJ recipient list expressly includes JENSEN, DOUGLAS AUSTIN among people issued January 6 pardon certificates.
Readarticle · Dec 16, 2022
Douglas Austin Jensen Sentencing Record — December 16, 2022
Official DOJ sentencing announcement recording 60 months’ imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and $2,000 restitution.
Readarticle · Sep 23, 2022
Douglas Austin Jensen Jury Verdict — DOJ Record
Official DOJ verdict announcement recording a September 23, 2022 jury finding on five felony and two misdemeanor counts. Government descriptions of the evidence remain attributed.
Readmotion · Dec 21, 2021
Government Opposition to Jensen Bond Reconsideration — ECF No. 55
Government response opposing renewed pretrial release after the September 2021 bond revocation. Its characterizations remain attributed to the prosecution.
Readindictment · Nov 10, 2021
Douglas Austin Jensen Superseding Indictment — ECF No. 50
Four-page superseding indictment filed November 10, 2021 listing seven charged counts. An indictment contains allegations and is not itself proof of guilt.
Readmotion · Jan 22, 2021
Government Motion for Emergency Stay and Review of Jensen Release Order
Sixteen-page government motion asking the district court to stay and review an Iowa magistrate judge’s pretrial-release order. It records the government’s detention position, not the final court ruling.
Readaffidavit · Jan 11, 2021
Douglas Austin Jensen Criminal Complaint and Statement of Facts
Four-page complaint package and FBI probable-cause affidavit. The narrative contains charging-stage allegations and attributed investigative statements, not final findings.
ReadOther1 document
Other documents on file.