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Federico Guillermo Klein

Pardoned January 6 defendant · U.S. Marine veteran and former State Department appointee

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FEDERICO GUILLERMO KLEIN Federico Guillermo Klein, also identified in the federal record as “Freddie Klein,” is a U.S. Marine veteran and former State Department appointee from Falls Church, Virginia. His January 6 prosecution was one of the major Lower West Terrace Tunnel cases. This profile preserves the procedural record, attributes government descriptions to their sources, and treats the case history as distinct from any judgment about Klein’s moral character. CASE OVERVIEW United States v. Klein, No. 1:21-cr-236, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Klein was arrested on March 4, 2021. A published April 2021 detention opinion later permitted his release under conditions after reviewing whether the government had established a continuing prospective danger that could not be addressed through release conditions. PUBLIC ACCESS TO VIDEO RECORDS A separate June 30, 2021 memorandum opinion addressed a press coalition’s request for video material associated with Klein’s April 9 detention hearing. Judge John D. Bates ruled that clips actually shown to the court were judicial records subject to the common-law presumption of public access and permitted their copying and publication. The court denied access through that application to videos only referenced in filings but never presented to the court. This ruling addressed access to records; it did not decide Klein’s guilt. What did the June 2021 video-access ruling decide? It allowed access to clips actually shown at the detention hearing while excluding videos never presented to the court from that particular application. TRIAL AND FINDINGS After a bench trial before U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden, the court found Klein guilty on July 20, 2023. The Justice Department reported eight felony findings: six counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and aiding and abetting, one obstruction count and aiding and abetting, and civil disorder. The court also found him guilty of two misdemeanor offenses. The archive attributes descriptions of Klein’s actions in the tunnel to the government’s evidence and court record. Those descriptions are not presented as independent conclusions about who he is as a person. SENTENCE On November 3, 2023, Judge McFadden sentenced Klein to 70 months in federal prison, 24 months of supervised release, and $5,000 in combined fines and restitution. The DOJ sentencing release described him as a former Marine and State Department appointee. PARDON On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump granted a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to all covered January 6 defendants other than 14 people whose sentences were specifically commuted. Klein was not among the named commutation recipients, so his covered convictions fell within the pardon provision. The archive has not yet preserved a separate post-pardon order vacating Klein’s judgment, and a pardon does not by itself rewrite the historical court record. The profile therefore records both the judgment and the later pardon. QUICK FACTS What was the case number? 1:21-cr-236 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Was there a jury? No. The findings followed a bench trial before Judge Trevor N. McFadden. When was Klein sentenced? November 3, 2023. What sentence was imposed? 70 months of imprisonment, 24 months of supervised release, and $5,000 in fines and restitution. Was he pardoned? Yes. His covered January 6 convictions fell within the full-pardon provision of the January 20, 2025 proclamation. EDITORIAL CONTEXT This site examines Klein’s case within the broader argument that January 6 defendants experienced Biden-era DOJ weaponization and disproportionate prosecution. That editorial position is kept separate from the sourced procedural record, the trial court’s findings, and unresolved questions that require additional primary documents. RESEARCH STILL NEEDED The archive still needs the native indictment and superseding indictments, the complete bench-trial findings or transcript, the native judgment and sentencing transcript, any post-pardon docket entries, a file-level hash for each native court PDF, an authentic reusable profile photograph, and a verified post-release statement from Klein or his family.

Evidence on file

5 documents on file

Court2 documents

Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.

ruling · Jun 30, 2021

In re Application for Access to Certain Sealed Video Exhibits — Federico Klein Record

Eleven-page memorandum opinion by Judge John D. Bates addressing press access to video clips associated with Federico Klein’s April 9, 2021 detention hearing. The court granted access to clips actually shown to the court and denied access through this application to videos only referenced in filings. This was an access-to-judicial-records ruling, not a determination of guilt. Native PDF captured and verified at 153,140 bytes; SHA-256 43973fb241fa4b35d339aefb0a3f1375b6b0ae2ae1fa179c2ead3d684cdf7c6a.

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Official recordserved from the court docket

ruling · Apr 12, 2021

United States v. Klein — Detention Review Opinion

Published April 12, 2021 memorandum opinion by Judge John D. Bates ordering Federico Klein’s release pending trial under strict conditions. The court held that the government had not met its clear-and-convincing burden to establish a prospective danger that release conditions could not address. The opinion did not decide guilt. Canonical-URL SHA-256: 03710499556d1d09821f02ebe486e8a859498e4ae7dbf3b45664881653f890e3. Full native PDF capture remains pending.

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Govt response3 documents

Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.

Official recordserved from the court docket

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.

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Official recordserved from the court docket

article · Nov 3, 2023

Federico Klein Sentencing Record — November 3, 2023

Official Justice Department release reporting a sentence of 70 months imprisonment, 24 months supervised release, and $5,000 in fines and restitution.

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Official recordserved from the court docket

article · Jul 20, 2023

Federico Klein Bench-Trial Findings — July 20, 2023

Official Justice Department release reporting the findings entered after Federico Klein’s bench trial before Judge Trevor N. McFadden. Government descriptions are attributed to the release and underlying court record.

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