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Jerod Thomas Bargar

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Jerod Thomas Bargar is a 37 year old man from Centralia, Missouri, a small town in mid-Missouri. Here is the sentence that tells you everything about his case. Five years probation. Six months at home. No prison. WHAT THE RECORD ACTUALLY SAYS FACT: Jerod Bargar carried a holstered 9mm pistol to Washington on January 6, 2021, and dropped it outside the U.S. Capitol. Law enforcement found the gun on the ground in a "We the People" holster. FACT: He never drew it. He never pointed it. He never fired it. He never brandished it at anyone. The record is that he lost it. FACT: ATF traced the holster through a Jefferson City pawn shop to identify him. He was arrested August 3, 2022, after a complaint filed July 29, 2022. FACT: On June 8, 2023, Bargar pleaded guilty to one felony count of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon. FACT: On January 11, 2024, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton sentenced him to five years of probation, six months of home confinement, and a 4,000 dollar fine. Judge Walton is not a soft judge. He gave Jerod Bargar no prison at all. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued clemency covering January 6 cases. Read the disposition again. A federal judge who heard all of it decided this Centralia, Missouri man belonged at home, not in a cell. Having a firearm is not drawing one. Dropping a firearm is not pointing one. The record does not lie, and the record here says he dropped it and walked away. CASE RECORD Name: Jerod Thomas Bargar, Centralia, Missouri Case: 1:22-mj-169, later 1:23-cr-78 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Complaint July 29, 2022. Arrested August 3, 2022. Pleaded guilty June 8, 2023. Sentenced January 11, 2024. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.