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Eric Richard Staples, Jr.

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Eric Richard Staples Jr. is a Girdwood, Alaska man charged in 2024 for entering the Capitol on January 6. Staples is one of only a handful of Alaskans charged in connection with January 6, and news coverage confirms he now lives in Girdwood, a small ski town near Anchorage. (FACT: Anchorage Daily News) FACT: By the government's own account, Staples entered the Capitol through a broken window near the Senate Wing Door, stayed for roughly a minute, took a few photos, and left the way he came in. (Anchorage Daily News) He was charged with four misdemeanors: knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building, disorderly or disruptive conduct (two counts), and parading, demonstrating, or picketing, with no allegation of violence, weapons, or property damage. His was among the last wave of January 6 arrests, filed in March 2024, more than three years after the riot; the reporting on his case does not explain why the arrest came so late, which was common in the final round of misdemeanor-only prosecutions built off crowd video. (FACT: Anchorage Daily News) For anyone searching his name and his sentence: no sentencing outcome is documented in the sources located for this page before the clemency proclamation reached the case. Must Read Alaska's coverage at the time used his filing as an example of what a typical, low-level January 6 charging document looks like, four misdemeanors with no violence alleged anywhere in it. WHERE THINGS STAND: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to January 6 defendants, covering Eric Staples. (FACT) CASE RECORD U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested March 7, 2024, in Alaska. Case resolved amid the January 2025 clemency. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.