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James Bonet

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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James Bonet is a young man from Glens Falls, New York who was working up in Saratoga Springs when January 6 happened, and by the time he stood in front of a federal judge he had quit marijuana and enrolled in college. Thirty years old. Upstate New York. Working, then going back to school. FACT, per The Daily Gazette and his defense counsel at sentencing. His public defender, Lisa A. Peebles, told the court James Bonet never intended to storm anything, that he had turned things around, and that he had learned a valuable lesson. FACT, per The Daily Gazette. HERE IS THE PART EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD READ James Bonet pleaded guilty in October 2021. Prosecutors asked for 45 days. Then he gave an interview to a local TV station, WTEN, in January 2022. He said what he believed about that day. Prosecutors came back and argued the interview proved he had not accepted responsibility. Judge Emmet G. Sullivan sentenced him to 90 days. Double what the government had asked for. FACT, per The Daily Gazette, WUSA9 and Law and Crime. He talked to a reporter and his sentence doubled. That is the record. Put that next to the First Amendment and look at it. THE LEGAL FIGHT Arrested January 27, 2021, three weeks after January 6. Initial appearance February 12, 2021. Charged via criminal information February 16, 2021. Arraigned February 24, 2021 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. FACT, per the DOJ docket. Charged via superseding indictment June 2, 2021. Arraigned June 16, 2021 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. FACT. Plea agreement entered October 7, 2021. Pleaded guilty to count 2. FACT. Sentenced March 9, 2022 to 90 days of incarceration, followed by a year of supervised release including 200 hours of community service and $500 restitution. FACT, per the DOJ docket. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. Capital Region coverage listed James Bonet among those pardoned. FACT, per the Times Union. THE CASE RECORD Case 1:21-cr-121, 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.