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Francis Connor

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Francis Connor was 23 years old and living in Brooklyn, New York when his name landed on a federal docket. He went to Washington with friends. Surveillance video shows him walking inside the Capitol, taking pictures, and talking about it afterward on Instagram. FACT: There is no evidence in the record that Francis Connor or the friends he was with acted violently. He was never charged with assaulting anyone. He was never accused of carrying a weapon. Every count against him was a trespass or disorderly conduct count. THEIR ACCOUNT: Connor later wrote directly to Senator Jeff Merkley, whose office he had walked through. He wrote that he entered with zero harmful intent and that it was just curiosity as to what was going on around him. He wrote that the video of him is not the best way he would like to be characterized. That is a young man looking at the worst thirty minutes of his life and saying out loud that it is not who he is. FACT: Francis Connor was arrested August 31, 2021. He was charged by information September 28, 2021. He pleaded guilty April 28, 2022. On September 15, 2022, Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced him to 12 months of probation including three months of home confinement, a $371 fine, $500 restitution, and a $10 special assessment. No prison. He asked the court for probation and community service, and he got probation. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued clemency covering January 6 convictions. Francis Connor is a Brooklyn kid who made a decision at 23 that he has been explaining ever since. The court gave him probation. The rest of the record is still being written, and it belongs to him. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: his trade, his schooling, and his family are not in the public record. THE CASE RECORD Name: Francis Connor Case number: 1:21-cr-586 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge: Rudolph Contreras Residence at time of charge: Brooklyn, New York Sentence: 12 months probation, 3 months home confinement, $371 fine, $500 restitution Currently incarcerated: No This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.