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Frank Dahlquist

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Frank Dahlquist is a career firefighter. Before any of this, he spent years running toward the calls other people run away from. He served with Snohomish Fire and Rescue, with Eastside Fire and Rescue in Issaquah, and with Getchell Fire in Snohomish County, Washington. FACT, per the Daily Montanan. In November 2022 he was sworn in as chief of West Valley Fire Rescue outside Helena, Montana, the department that covers West Valley, Unionville, the North Hills, and Lewis and Clark County. County officials called him a welcome addition to their wildland and brush fire response. FACT, per the Daily Montanan. That is the resume. Fire chief. Wildland response. A man who moved his life from Washington state to Montana to take a small department and answer its calls. THE LEGAL FIGHT Frank Dahlquist was arrested January 10, 2024 on charges tied to January 6, 2021. FACT, per DOJ. The government charged him with knowingly remaining in a restricted building, forcibly assaulting a law enforcement officer, obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. CHARGE ONLY. He entered a plea of not guilty. FACT, per KTVH. Those charges were never tried. He resigned from the department after the arrest. FACT, per KTVH. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions, and Montana news outlets reported Dahlquist among the Montanans affected. FACT, per KTVH. No court ever found him guilty of anything charged here. Charges are charges. The record does not lie. THE CASE RECORD Charged January 4, 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested January 10, 2024 in Helena, Montana. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.