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Jeffrey Michael Etter

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Jeffrey Michael Etter is a Portsmouth, Virginia man whose January 6 case was covered by the full presidential pardon on January 20, 2025. He is a Virginia Beach-area resident from Portsmouth in the Hampton Roads region, a CrossFit athlete before his name became a news story. Case record: Jeffrey Michael Etter was charged in connection with the January 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol. Federal prosecutors filed charges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. 13NewsNow of Hampton Roads reported his arrest and charging. CHARGE ONLY / DOCUMENTED INFERENCE: The FBI affidavit and press coverage (The Daily Beast, 13NewsNow) reported that investigators identified Etter in part through the CrossFit gym-brand shoes he wore that day. That is the government's identification method. Charges at the accusation stage are not findings of guilt, and the presumption of innocence attaches to every count. On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump granted a full pardon covering the January 6 prosecutions. Jeffrey Michael Etter of Portsmouth, Virginia was among those covered by that clemency. Case: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. 13NewsNow Portsmouth coverage and The Daily Beast reporting on Jeffrey Etter are linked in the sources for this profile. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.