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James Brett IV
January 6 defendant
James Brett IV is a Clearwater man out of the Tampa Bay area of Florida. When the government indicted him, the court let him walk out on his own signature. That matters. On June 9, 2022, six days after his arrest, James Brett IV was released on personal recognizance. No bond. No detention. He later petitioned the court to drop the drug testing condition on his release and the court agreed. A man the government called dangerous enough to indict, the court trusted to go home and stay home. [FACT - docket record, D.D.C., case 22-cr-11; American Gulag case file] He pleaded not guilty and fought it. THE LEGAL FIGHT James Brett IV was indicted May 25, 2022 and arrested June 3, 2022 in Florida. He was charged in a multi defendant case before Judge Richard Leon alongside Dion Rajewski, Zachary Johnson, Alan Fischer III and Brian Boele. The counts against him included civil disorder, unlawful entry into restricted Capitol grounds, disorderly conduct with a dangerous weapon, and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. [CHARGE ONLY - DOJ record; Insurrection Index; American Gulag] Charges are charges. James Brett IV was presumed innocent of every one of them, and this archive states no more than the docket states. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. [FACT] THE CASE RECORD Case 1:22-cr-11, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Richard Leon. Docket as recorded: indicted 5/25/22, arrested 6/3/22, released on personal recognizance 6/9/22. 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
- 1:22-cr-11
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Indicted 5/25/22. Arrested 6/3/22.
- Arrested
- June 3, 2022
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
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