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Ezekiel Kurt Stecher

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Ezekiel Kurt Stecher is a South Jersey farmer. He works the ground in Sewell, Gloucester County, New Jersey. That is who he was before January 6, 2021 and that is who he was when the federal case ended. A farmer is not a stereotype the coverage knew what to do with. The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Press of Atlantic City, NJ 1015 and Patch all led with the same two words: South Jersey farmer. FACT. FACT: Ezekiel Stecher was arrested March 9, 2021. His initial appearance was held April 13, 2021. He was indicted December 8, 2021 in the District of Columbia. FACT: He admitted in 2023 to shoving against police lines at the Capitol. That is the conduct the court record describes. Shoving against a line. Not a weapon. Not a plan. A push in a crowd. FACT: On January 3, 2024 he was sentenced to two months. Two months. He did it and he went back to the farm. DOCUMENTED INFERENCE: The January 20, 2025 clemency action covered federal January 6 convictions. The archive has not separately confirmed how it was applied to this individual docket. If you have that paperwork, send it. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE: Nothing in the federal record says Ezekiel Stecher planned anything, led anything, or hurt anybody. The government charged what it charged and the sentence the judge handed down tells you how the court weighed it. WHAT IT DOES PROVE: A working farmer from Gloucester County went to Washington, got swept into the worst afternoon in modern American political history, and answered for two months of it. He is still a farmer. The record does not lie. THE CASE RECORD Name: Ezekiel Kurt Stecher Case number: 1:21-cr-720 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested: March 9, 2021 Indicted: December 8, 2021 Sentenced: January 3, 2024 This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.