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Jesus Delmora Rivera

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Jesus Delmora Rivera is a documentary filmmaker out of Pensacola, Florida. On January 6, 2021, the thing in his hands was a camera. FACT: Rivera, who also goes by JD Rivera, is from Pensacola, in Escambia County, Florida. FACT: he is a documentary filmmaker. FACT: on January 6 he recorded video and streamed on Facebook from the Capitol, repeatedly turning the camera around to show his own face. A man trying to hide does not point the lens at himself on a livestream. FACT: he was arrested January 20, 2021, two weeks after January 6, with an initial appearance the same day. FACT: published case summaries note no evidence that Jesus Rivera engaged in any violence. FACT: his documentary filming equipment was seized in connection with the case. Say that part slow. A documentary filmmaker in Northwest Florida had his camera gear taken by the federal government in a case charging four misdemeanors. THE LEGAL FIGHT FACT: Jesus Delmora Rivera was the first person from Northwest Florida to take a January 6 case to trial. He did not plead. He made them prove it. FACT: information filed February 1, 2021. Superseding information filed April 4, 2022. FACT: bench trial before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in June 2022. Found guilty June 17, 2022 on all four counts: 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, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. FACT: on November 3, 2022 he was sentenced to eight months of incarceration, one year of supervised release, and $500 restitution. FACT: he filed an appeal five days later, on November 8, 2022. He kept fighting after the sentence came down. FACT: on January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE: it does not overturn the verdict. WHAT IT DOES PROVE: a man who went to document a day ended up serving eight months over four misdemeanors, and the camera he used to record it was taken. If you care about press freedom only when the reporter votes like you, you do not care about press freedom. CASE RECORD Case 1:21-cr-60, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. DOJ Capitol Breach page: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/rivera-jesus-aka-jd-rivera-jesus-delmora-rivera Docket as recorded: Arrested 1/20/21 and initial appearance held the same day. Information filed 2/1/2021. Superseding Information filed 4/4/22. Found guilty after bench trial on 6/17/22. Sentenced 11/3/22 to 8 months of incarceration, one year of supervised release, $500 restitution. This profile is preserved from the DOJ Capitol Breach case list this site mirrored after the government scrubbed it from justice.gov. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.