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James Phillip Mault

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James Phillip Mault is an ironworker from Brockport, New York and a United States Army veteran. Patriot missile operator. Sergeant. Combat engineer in the New York Army National Guard. Here is the service record, and it is a real one. James Mault served on active duty in the U.S. Army as a Patriot air defense operator and left active service as a sergeant in 2016. From 2016 to March 2020 he served as a combat engineer with the New York Army National Guard. [FACT, Military.com, CBS News, NBC News] Back home in Brockport he worked union ironwork. [FACT, Rochester First reporting] Then he did something almost nobody in this archive did. James Phillip Mault re-enlisted in the United States Army after January 6 and was serving at Fort Bragg, North Carolina when federal agents arrested him there in October 2021. [FACT, Military.com and CBS News] A man who thought he was facing federal charges signed back up to serve anyway. Air defense operator. Combat engineer. Ironworker. Soldier again. THE LEGAL FIGHT James Phillip Mault was arrested October 7, 2021 at Fort Bragg. [FACT, DOJ] An indictment was returned November 5, 2021. He pleaded guilty April 22, 2022 to one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers. [FACT, DOJ and UPI] On July 15, 2022 he was sentenced to 44 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and $2,000 in restitution. [FACT, DOJ] That is the record. Charges are charges, a plea is a plea, and nothing on this page goes beyond what the court entered. THE CLEMENCY On January 20, 2025, a presidential proclamation granted full pardons for offenses related to events at or near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, covering this conviction. [FACT] CASE RECORD Case number: 1:21-cr-657 (originally filed as 1:21-mj-622) Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested: October 7, 2021. Indicted: November 5, 2021 Disposition: Guilty plea 4/22/2022; sentenced 7/15/2022 to 44 months, three years supervised release, $2,000 restitution; January 6 clemency 1/20/2025 DOJ: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/mault-james-phillip VETERAN. U.S. Army, Patriot operator, separated as sergeant 2016. NY Army National Guard combat engineer 2016 to 2020. Re-enlisted, Fort Bragg. If you served with Sergeant James Mault, or worked iron with him in Monroe County, New York, this page has room for your account. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
1:21-cr-657
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Case originally filed as 1:21-mj-622. Arrested 10/7/21. Indictment returned 11/5/21. Pleaded guilty 4/22/22. Sentenced 7/15/22 to 44 months in prison, three years of supervised release, $2,000 restitution.
Arrested
October 7, 2021
Plea
April 22, 2022
Sentenced
July 15, 2022

Charges

  • Assaulting, Resisting or Impeding Certain Officers using a Dangerous Weapon or Inflicting Bodily Injury
  • Civil Disorder
  • Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon
  • Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon
  • Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon
  • Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building
  • Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings

Sentence

44 months in prison, three years of supervised release, $2,000 restitution

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