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Jason Benjamin Blythe
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Jason Blythe is a young man from Fort Worth, Texas. He was 28 when his January 6 case went forward. (FACT — DOJ) Jason exercised a right that belongs to every American: he took his case to trial rather than plead it out. A federal judge weighed the evidence at a bench trial. (FACT — DOJ; CBS News) He was convicted and sentenced to 30 months. On January 20, 2025, his case was included in President Trump's clemency for January 6 defendants. (FACT) A conviction is the government's version of events carried to judgment — it is not the whole measure of a man. The fuller story of who Jason is belongs to him and his family, and this page is here for them to tell it. THE RECORD (charges are charges): Case No. 1:21-cr-537, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Indicted 1/13/2022; arrested 1/24/2022. Convicted at a bench trial of civil disorder and assault; sentenced to 30 months incarceration, 36 months supervised release, $2,000 restitution. DOJ file: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/blythe-jason 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
- Indictment Filed 1/13/2022 Arrested 1/24/2022
- Arrested
- January 24, 2022
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Jason Benjamin Blythe 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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2 documents on file
Govt response2 documents
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.
article · Sep 20, 2024
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.
article · Feb 2, 2024
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.