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John Steven Anderson

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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John Steven Anderson of St. Augustine, Florida was a United States Marine and a Green Beret -- a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and the Florida Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group. He wore his country's uniform in two services. That is who John Steven Anderson was, long before January 6 and long after the charges dissolved. Anderson was 61, a St. Augustine, Florida man with a soldier's record behind him. His January 6 case never reached a jury -- and it never would. THE LEGAL FIGHT: Anderson was arrested in February 2021 and indicted on eight counts in the District of Columbia. He was granted pretrial release in March and returned home to Florida to prepare his defense. He was presumed innocent and had conceded nothing. In September 2021, John Steven Anderson died while awaiting trial. The government moved to dismiss every charge against him -- and the case was dismissed. He passed with no conviction against his name, only accusations that were never proven. Court records note that during the events in the Capitol tunnel, Anderson himself was overcome by chemical irritants and that officers helped him reach medical aid. (FACT, per DOJ records, the dismissal filing, and news coverage.) CASE RECORD: John Steven Anderson of St. Augustine, Florida, charged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; arrested February 2021, indicted March 2021, case dismissed after his death in September 2021. Charges are charges -- and these were never proven and formally dismissed. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you -- or your family -- claiming it is free, forever.