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Frank Joseph Bratjan Jr.
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Frank Joseph Bratjan Jr. of Eagan, Minnesota carried the mail. He worked for the post office. He is the guy who put the birthday cards and the medicine and the paychecks in your box. A postal worker out of Eagan, in the Twin Cities south metro. FACT, per CBS Minnesota and Patch. He did not hide what he did. The FBI got tips in January 2022 because Frank Bratjan had photographed himself and posted about it. No burner phone. No cover story. A mailman with a camera roll. FACT, per CBS Minnesota. THE LEGAL FIGHT Complaint filed June 9, 2022. Arrested June 15, 2022. Initially filed as case 1:22-mj-134. FACT, per the DOJ docket. Information filed August 24, 2022. Pleaded guilty September 14, 2022. FACT. Sentenced September 14, 2022 to six months of probation, a $1,500 fine, $500 restitution and 60 hours of community service. No prison. FACT, per the DOJ docket and CBS Minnesota. Charges per the DOJ record: entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. All misdemeanors. FACT. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. Minnesota coverage listed Frank Bratjan among the Minnesotans pardoned. FACT, per CBS Minnesota. THE CASE RECORD Case 1:22-cr-285, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
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On the record
- Case number
- 1:22-cr-285
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Initially filed as Case # 1:22-mj-134. Complaint filed 6/9/22. Arrested 6/15/22. Information filed 8/24/22. Pleaded guilty 9/14/22. Sentenced 9/14/22 to six months of probation, $1,500 fine, $500 restitution, 60 hours of community service.
- Arrested
- June 15, 2022
- Plea
- September 14, 2022
- Sentenced
- September 14, 2022
Sentence
six months of probation, $1,500 fine, $500 restitution, 60 hours of community service
Press & news
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/bratjan-jr-frank →
- https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/eagan-post-office-worker-sentenced-to-6-months-probation-for-role-in-jan-6-us-capitol-attack →
- https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/eagan-post-office-worker-charged-in-connection-to-jan-6-u-s-capitol-attack →
- https://patch.com/minnesota/eagan/eagan-mailman-convicted-jan-6-storming-u-s-capitol →
- https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/minnesota-man-sentenced-to-probation-for-involvement-in-jan-6-capitol-riot/ →
- https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesotans-jan-6-rioters-pardoned-by-president-trump/ →
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