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James Tate Grant
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageJames Tate Grant is a young man from Cary, North Carolina, and he did the one thing most January 6 defendants never got to do. He made the government prove it to a jury. Cary sits just west of Raleigh, in Wake County. That is home. FACT, per WRAL. James Tate Grant was 31 years old when his case went to trial. FACT, per WRAL. Most January 6 cases ended in a plea deal. His did not. He went to trial in Washington and made twelve citizens look at the evidence. That is a right. He used it. Not everybody does. THE LEGAL FIGHT Arrested October 14, 2021. Charged by second superseding indictment December 15, 2021. A fourth superseding indictment followed in February 2023. FACT, per the DOJ record and the American Gulag case file. Before trial he was ordered back into custody after a separate arrest in North Carolina involving impaired driving and a rifle found in a vehicle. That matter is not January 6. CHARGE ONLY, per NBC News and Newsweek. Presumed innocent on anything a court has not resolved. In February 2024 a jury in the District of Columbia found James Tate Grant guilty on multiple counts, including civil disorder and assaulting an officer with a dangerous or deadly weapon. FACT, per WRAL. That is the verdict. This archive states it plainly and states it no stronger than the record. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. FACT, per the White House proclamation. THE CASE RECORD Case 1:21-cr-537, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested 10/14/2021. Second superseding indictment 12/15/2021. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: no occupation, service record, or family information has been verified for James Tate Grant of Cary, North Carolina. If there is more to his story, this page will carry it. Social handles are listed here only when the person publishes them. 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-537
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 10/14/2021. Charged via second superseding indictment 12/15/2021.
- Arrested
- October 14, 2021
Charges
- Assaulting, Resisting or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon or Inflicting Bodily Injury
- Civil Disorder
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Disorderly and Disruptived Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Entering and Remaining in Certain Rooms in the Capitol Building
- Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building
- Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
- Parading, Demonstrating or Picketing in a Capitol Building
Press & news
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/capitol-rioter-ordered-back-jail-dwi-arrest-ar-15-rifle-discovered-car-rcna12747 →
- https://www.wral.com/story/cary-man-found-guilty-of-assault-was-at-leading-edge-of-jan-6-attack-on-us-capitol/21265420/ →
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/ →
- https://www.newsweek.com/who-james-tate-grant-capitol-riot-suspect-faces-jail-over-rifle-found-car-1663125 →
- https://americangulag.org/james-grant/ →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
James Tate Grant appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 2 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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Govt response2 documents
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.
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DOJ notice of Ryan Samsel’s scheduled sentencing
DOJ co-defendant sentencing release stating that Samsel was scheduled for sentencing on February 4, 2025. No sentence was imposed before the January 20, 2025 pardon. Canonical-URL SHA-256: 8064381e222bdd4265d3d38b136614e95ebc5f9d25f6ac4bd29882a6ec09ec42. Capture: canonical HTML reviewed July 24, 2026.
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DOJ bench-trial verdict announcement — Ryan Samsel and co-defendants
DOJ release reporting Judge Jia M. Cobb’s February 2, 2024 bench-trial findings for Ryan Samsel, James Tate Grant, Paul Russell Johnson, Stephen Chase Randolph, and Jason Benjamin Blythe. Canonical-URL SHA-256: b5bf9d1eafcebecc9beff5a20eed8b15e9ddb5c7384ac9e6b78f8471535a81f5. Capture: canonical HTML reviewed July 24, 2026; native findings and complete trial record pending.
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