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Jeffery Shane Witcher

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Jeffery Shane Witcher is a Bastrop, Texas man who drove to Washington with a longtime friend and came home to a federal case. Bastrop County. Central Texas. Jeffery Shane Witcher traveled to D.C. on January 5, 2021 with two companions, one of them Richard Barnard of Georgetown, Texas, a man he described as a close friend. FACT, per KVUE and the federal statement of facts. Two Texas men. A friendship that goes back years. That is who was in that car. THEIR ACCOUNT: In an FBI interview, Jeffery Shane Witcher said he believed it was necessary to facilitate a dialogue on January 6 and expected the day to remain nonviolent. THE LEGAL FIGHT Arrested February 25, 2021. Indicted March 19, 2021. Arraigned April 19 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. FACT, per the DOJ docket. He entered a plea agreement in October 2021 and pleaded guilty to Count 2. FACT. Sentenced February 4, 2022 to 12 months of probation, 60 hours of community service, $500 restitution, and a $25 special assessment. No prison. FACT, per the DOJ docket and American Gulag. Sixty hours of community service. He worked it off in his own county. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. FACT. THE CASE RECORD Case 1:21-cr-235, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Charges per the DOJ record: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.