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James Haffner
January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageJames Haffner made his way from the Seattle area to the Black Hills, Sturgis, South Dakota, home of the world's most famous motorcycle rally, where he settled and kept making music. FACT: James Haffner was the first South Dakota resident charged in a January 6 case, arrested December 1, 2021 near Rapid City. FACT: the complaint alleged assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, among other counts. FACT: the case resolved in August 2022 with a six-month sentence and a year of probation, which he served. FACT: footage he recorded at the Capitol later appeared in music videos on his own YouTube channel; he is a man who turns what he lives through into songs. FACT: on January 20, 2025, the presidential clemency proclamation ended the remaining January 6 cases, and South Dakota outlets reported James Haffner among the state's defendants pardoned, cases dismissed. Sturgis is still home. The music didn't stop. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-mj-672, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested December 1, 2021; sentenced August 2022 to six months plus one year of probation, completed; pardoned January 20, 2025. DOJ defendant page linked in the sources. 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
- 1:21-mj-672
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 12/1/2021.
- Arrested
- December 1, 2021
Charges
- Obstruction of Law Enforcement During a Civil Disorder
- Unlawful Entry on Restricted Buildings or Grounds
- Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds
- Assaulting, Resisting or Impeding Certain Officers or Employees
Press & news
- https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/south-dakota-man-charged-in-jan-6-riot-arrested-near-rapid-city/article_1b634900-d0db-5c0a-aefb-055580c4084d.html →
- https://www.kcau9.com/news/south-dakota-news/south-dakota-jan-6-rioters-pardoned-cases-dismissed/ →
- https://www.sdpb.org/crime-courts/2021-12-03/man-accused-of-assaulting-police-in-jan-6-capitol-riot-is-arrested-in-rapid-city →
- 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/ →
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