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Howard Charles Richardson

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Howard Charles Richardson is a 72-year-old man from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, one of the oldest defendants charged over January 6. He is one of the older men in the entire January 6 docket, charged at 72. (FACT: DOJ, WHYY) He did not make the government prove its case. He pleaded guilty on April 27, 2022, to assaulting an officer with a flagpole during the crowd surge at the West Terrace. Charges are what the record says they are, and he admitted his. (FACT: DOJ, Law & Crime) On August 26, 2022, he was sentenced to 46 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and $2,000 restitution, one of the longest sentences handed down at that point for a man his age. Local Philadelphia-area outlets covered the sentencing closely because of his age and the length of the term. (FACT: DOJ, Axios, CBS Philadelphia, WHYY) People searching his name want to know what he was actually convicted of and what happened after. Here it is plainly: he admitted to an assault charge, he served real prison time under that sentence, and then the political ground shifted under the whole January 6 docket. WHERE THINGS STAND: On January 20, 2025, the presidential clemency proclamation covered January 6 cases like his. He is a free man today, released under that order rather than through appeal or exoneration. (FACT) Age 72 is not an excuse the court accepted, and it is not offered as one here. It is simply part of who Howard Charles Richardson is: one of the oldest men swept into the largest prosecution in Justice Department history, from a quiet Philadelphia suburb. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-cr-721, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested 11/30/21. Indicted 12/8/21. Pleaded guilty 4/27/22. Sentenced 8/26/22 to 46 months in prison, three years of supervised release, $2,000 restitution. Clemency granted 1/20/25. DOJ page: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/richardson-howard This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.