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Jamie N Buteau

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Jamie N. Buteau is a 47 year old man from Ocala, Florida, married, and he and his wife went to Washington together on January 6, 2021. Their case drew national attention because the couple had appeared together in an HBO documentary before their arrest. That is a fact of the record, sourced to national news coverage, and we are stating it plainly without dressing it up either direction. The charges against Jamie Buteau were serious: civil disorder, assault on officers, and engaging in physical violence at the Capitol among them. He pleaded guilty to one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers. The remaining charges were dismissed as part of that plea. On November 20, 2023, he was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison, 24 months of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and $2,000 in restitution. We are not going to pretend that sentence was for nothing, and we are not going to pretend a married man from a small Florida town stopped being that husband the day he walked into a federal courtroom. Both are true, on the same record, at the same time. On January 20, 2025, Jamie N. Buteau received a full presidential pardon. THE RECORD Name: Jamie N. Buteau Hometown: Ocala, Florida Family: Married; he and his wife were both charged in connection with January 6, 2021, in separate counts of the same overall case Plea: Guilty to one count of Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Sentence: 22 months incarceration; 24 months supervised release; $100 assessment; $2,000 restitution Clemency: Full pardon, January 20, 2025 Sources: Federal charging document; Newsweek; WUSA9 What this does not prove: it does not undo the count he admitted to. What it does prove: he served the sentence a federal judge handed down, and the President of the United States granted him a full pardon on January 20, 2025. This is the record, husband and all. 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
21-mj-487
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Arrested 6/23/21. Pleaded Guilty to one charge: Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers. Other charges dismissed. Sentenced 11/20/2023 to 22 months incarceration; 24 months supervised release; $100 special assessment; $2,000 restitution. Buteau received a full pardon on January 20, 2025.
Arrested
June 23, 2021

Charges

  • Obstruction of Law Enforcement During Civil Disorder
  • Assaulting, Resisting or Impeding Certain Officers or Employees
  • Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds
  • Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds
  • Engaging in physical Violence in Restricted Building or on Restricted Grounds
  • Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building
  • Parading, Demonstrating or Picketing in a Capitol Building
  • Engaging in Physical Violence on Capitol Grounds

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