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Jack Jesse Griffith
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageJack Jesse Griffith is a young creative from Gallatin, Tennessee, a Sumner County game developer and content creator who was barely into his twenties when January 6 changed his life. FACT: Jack Griffith was arrested in Gallatin on January 16, 2021, one of the first Tennesseans charged. His case ended not with a felony but with a single misdemeanor: he pleaded guilty on July 29, 2021, to parading in the Capitol building. FACT: On October 28, 2021, he was sentenced to 36 months of probation with 90 days of home confinement and $500 restitution, no prison time. At his sentencing, Chief Judge Beryl Howell made national headlines criticizing the government's own handling of misdemeanor January 6 cases, with Jack Griffith's case at the center of the coverage. FACT: Griffith used the years after his arrest to keep building, including work on his own video game project, covered in his sentencing filings and local press. FACT: On January 20, 2025, he was covered by the full January 6 pardon proclamation, listed among the Tennessee recipients. Case record: United States v. Griffith, No. 1:21-cr-204, 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.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-204
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 1/16 and initial appearance held 1/19. Indicted on 3/10 and arraigned on 3/12 where he pleaded not guilty to all counts. Plea agreement hearing held 7/29 where he pleaded guilty to count 5 of the indictment. Sentenced on 10/28 to 36 months probation and 90 days of home confinement; $500 restitution.
Charges
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and 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
Sentence
36 months probation and 90 days of home confinement; $500 restitution
Press & news
- https://www.wkrn.com/news/gallatin-man-sentenced-to-36-months-probation-for-role-in-jan-6-capitol-riot/ →
- https://www.newschannel5.com/news/gallatin-man-gets-36-months-probation-for-role-in-us-capitol-riot →
- https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-breach/chief-judge-roasts-doj-for-schizophrenic-light-treatment-of-jan-6-criminals-before-sentencing-tennessee-tiktoker-to-probation/ →
- https://fox17.com/news/local/list-of-jan-6-riot-participants-from-tenn-who-received-pardons-for-their-sentences →
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