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Isaac Anthony Thomas

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Isaac Anthony Thomas of Flint, Michigan grew up in the foster care system, and he was barely out of it when the federal government indicted him. He was 20 years old when the FBI arrested him in January 2023. DOCUMENTED INFERENCE: that puts him at about 18 years old on January 6, 2021. A kid. FACT on the age at arrest, per the U.S. Attorney's Office announcement. Flint, Michigan. Genesee County. A former foster youth who aged out and then spent his early twenties fighting the United States government. FACT, per DOJ and his own public interviews. He has never hidden. He gave an interview to NPR. He has spoken publicly about growing up in foster care and about what he believes the system owes kids like him. THEIR ACCOUNT. He is also pursuing civil claims, and in 2025 he was reported as the first pardoned January 6 defendant to file a claim against the federal anti weaponization fund. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION on the filing and its status. THE LEGAL FIGHT Arrested January 26, 2023 in Michigan. FACT, per DOJ. The government charged Isaac Thomas with felony counts including assaulting officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon, obstruction during civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, entering restricted grounds with a weapon, and related misdemeanors. FACT that these were the charges filed. CHARGE ONLY. Every one of those is an accusation, not a finding. There was never a trial. There was never a verdict. There was never a plea. He is presumed innocent of all of it and always was. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions and directed the Department of Justice to seek dismissal with prejudice of pending January 6 indictments. Isaac Thomas had a pending indictment. FACT. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: the final dismissal docket entry has not yet been captured for this archive. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE: nothing here establishes that Isaac Anthony Thomas did any of what the government alleged. The case never reached a factfinder. WHAT IT DOES PROVE: a young man out of foster care in Flint, Michigan carried a federal felony indictment through his early twenties and it ended without a conviction. SUPPORT Isaac Thomas has a self published legal defense fund on GiveSendGo. Identity confirmed: the campaign lists Isaac Thomas of Flint, MI. FACT. THE CASE RECORD Case 1:23-cr-00069-CKK, 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
1:23-cr-00069-CKK
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Judge
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
Disposition
Pending indictment; the January 20, 2025 presidential proclamation directed DOJ to seek dismissal with prejudice of pending January 6 indictments. No plea or sentence has been verified, and the native final dismissal entry remains pending capture.
Arrested
January 26, 2023

Charges

  • Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon (charged allegation)
  • Civil disorder (charged allegation)
  • Obstruction of an official proceeding (charged allegation)
  • Entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon (charged allegation)
  • Disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon (charged allegation)
  • Physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon (charged allegation)
  • Disorderly conduct in a Capitol building (charged allegation)
  • Physical violence in Capitol grounds or buildings (charged allegation)
  • Parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building (charged allegation)
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Court2 documents

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Govt response2 documents

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