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James Gallagher

January 6 defendant

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James Gallagher was 22 years old, a young man from Ellijay, Georgia, up in the north Georgia mountains, and he went to Washington with his dad and his brother. That is the story. A father and his two grown sons made a trip together. FACT, per the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. James Gallagher of Ellijay, Georgia was charged with misdemeanors only. Not a felony. Not assault. Not a weapon. Misdemeanors. FACT, per the DOJ press release announcing the arrests. THE LEGAL FIGHT He was arrested in May 2024, more than three years after January 6, 2021, alongside his father William Gallagher and his brother Thomas Gallagher, all three of Ellijay, Georgia. FACT, per DOJ and Georgia press coverage. The misdemeanor counts against James Gallagher covered entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. CHARGE ONLY. He is presumed innocent of every count. No conviction is recorded in this archive. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. FACT. Three years of waiting on a knock at the door for a misdemeanor. That is the part of this record people forget. THE CASE RECORD U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested May 2024. Case number not recovered in the DOJ salvage of the Capitol Breach list. If you have the docket number, send it and this record gets more complete. Identity note: attributed on the DOJ press release naming James Gallagher, 22, of Ellijay, Georgia, together with co-defendants William Gallagher and Thomas Gallagher, who also appear in this archive. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.