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Edward Vallejo
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Edward Vallejo is a U.S. Army veteran from Phoenix, Arizona, convicted of seditious conspiracy in a January 6 case, with his sentence commuted in 2025. Decades after his Army service, at 64, Vallejo found himself at the center of one of the highest-profile January 6 prosecutions. FACT: Vallejo was associated with the Oath Keepers and prosecutors said he helped stage an armed "quick reaction force" outside Washington that was never deployed into the city. In January 2023 a Washington, D.C. jury convicted him of seditious conspiracy, and he was sentenced to three years in prison followed by home confinement. His attorney told the court in filings that Vallejo's Army service came decades earlier, at Fort Polk. WHERE THINGS STAND: on January 20, 2025, President Trump commuted Edward Vallejo's sentence, and the Arizona veteran came home to Phoenix. FACT: he is counted among "The 14" whose sentences were commuted rather than fully pardoned, not fully pardoned outright, and the push to fully clear those names continues at pardonthe14.com. FACT: post-clemency travel restrictions tied to his case were later dropped by the court (Axios; AZFamily). An Arizona Army veteran who served young, stood on principle late in life, and made it back home to the Phoenix area he calls home. CASE RECORD United States v. Rhodes, et al., Case No. 1:22-cr-15, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Convicted at trial January 2023. Sentenced to three years plus home confinement. Sentence commuted January 20, 2025. Sourcing: Army veteran from Phoenix, age 64 at conviction, FACT (CNN; Military.com; KTAR). Seditious conspiracy conviction and three-year sentence, FACT (CNN; 12News). January 20, 2025 commutation and travel restrictions later dropped, FACT (Axios; AZFamily). This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 22-cr-15
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested Jan. 13. Superseding indictment filed 6/22/22. Sentenced at Trial 1/23/23.
- Sentenced
- January 23, 2023
Charges
- Seditious Conspiracy
- Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting
- Conspiracy to Prevent an Officer from Discharging Any Duties
Sentence
Three years in prison followed by home confinement; sentence commuted January 20, 2025.
Press & news
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack_defendants →
- https://ktar.com/story/5502722/oath-keeper-from-arizona-sentenced-for-role-in-jan-6-riot-at-us-capitol →
- https://www.axios.com/2025/01/27/oath-keepers-travel-restrictions-dropped-trump-pardons →
- https://www.azfamily.com/2025/01/28/judge-edward-vallejo-other-oath-keepers-allowed-access-capitol/ →
- https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/01/politics/edward-vallejo-january-6-oath-keepers-affiliate/index.html →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/vallejo-edward →
- https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/01/23/4-more-oath-keepers-including-army-veteran-convicted-of-sedition-over-jan-6.html →
- https://www.nacdl.org/brief/United-States-v-Rhodes%2C-III%2C-et-al →
- https://www.nacdl.org/getattachment/05844d1a-1b4c-4d15-a98f-bfde7bb6b5a4/d-gov-uscourts-dcd-239207-450-0.pdf →
- https://www.nacdl.org/getattachment/1199b86a-20e9-4b36-a093-6876159fa4f4/a-gov-uscourts-dcd-239207-1-0.pdf →
- https://www.nacdl.org/getattachment/9f732b65-77aa-4af3-a6ed-c959f0ac8275/h-gov-uscourts-dcd-239207-976-0.pdf →
- https://www.nacdl.org/getattachment/baa11489-3125-4452-be70-f5e213b96ed6/g-gov-uscourts-dcd-239207-967-0.pdf →
- https://www.nacdl.org/getattachment/d2165508-4d73-44ae-934d-1dce3b14af36/b-gov-uscourts-dcd-239207-167-0.pdf →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Edward Vallejo appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 8 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
Walk the whole case →Evidence on file
8 documents on file
Court5 documents
Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.
order · May 29, 2026
Oath Keepers Court Order Requiring Dismissal Supplement — ECF No. 976
Judge Amit P. Mehta’s May 29, 2026 order deferred a ruling on the government’s unopposed motion to dismiss and required a fuller statement of reasons and factual basis by June 5, 2026.
Readruling · May 21, 2026
D.C. Circuit Vacatur and Remand in Oath Keepers Appeals — May 21, 2026
Public case chronology and contemporaneous reporting state that the D.C. Circuit vacated the affected Oath Keepers judgments and remanded for consideration of a government dismissal request. The native appellate order remains pending capture.
Readruling · Jan 23, 2023
Oath Keepers Second-Trial Verdict Form — ECF No. 450
The January 23, 2023 jury verdict form for Roberto Minuta, Joseph Hackett, David Moerschel, and Edward Vallejo.
Readindictment · Jun 22, 2022
Oath Keepers Superseding Indictment — ECF No. 167
The 44-page superseding indictment filed June 22, 2022 in United States v. Rhodes, III et al. It states the government’s charges and allegations; it is not a verdict.
Readindictment · Jan 12, 2022
Oath Keepers Initial Indictment — ECF No. 1
The 48-page initial indictment in United States v. Rhodes, III et al., filed January 12, 2022. The document records government allegations, not findings of guilt.
ReadGovt response3 documents
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.
motion · May 22, 2026
Oath Keepers Unopposed Motion to Dismiss Indictment — ECF No. 967
The government’s May 22, 2026 unopposed Rule 48(a) motion asking the district court to dismiss the indictment with prejudice against eight Oath Keepers defendants.
Readarticle · Jun 2, 2023
DOJ Sentencing Record: Joseph Hackett
Primary government release recording Joseph Hackett’s June 2, 2023 sentence of 42 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release.
Readarticle · Jan 23, 2023
DOJ Verdict Record: Joseph Hackett and Second Oath Keepers Trial
Primary government release recording the January 23, 2023 jury verdict. Government descriptions of the alleged plan and trial evidence are attributed to prosecutors; the verdict record is not a moral characterization of any defendant.
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