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Jon Thomas Mott
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageJon Thomas Mott is an outdoorsman from Yellville, Arkansas, an Ozark Mountain town where hunting is not a hobby. It is how you feed a family. Even the federal court recognized that. FACT: While his case was pending, a federal judge modified Jon Mott's release conditions so he could use firearms to hunt. (Washington Post, 9/27/2022; KTLO, 9/28/2022) FACT: On November 30, 2022 he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for entering the Capitol on January 6. (Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 12/1/2022) FACT: In April 2023 he was sentenced to 30 days, and by December 2023 he had served his time and was back home in Yellville. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 4/26/2023; NWA Democrat-Gazette, 12/14/2023) FACT: The January 20, 2025 presidential clemency proclamation covered January 6 convictions, including misdemeanor cases like his. Jon Mott's case started with an arrest in May 2021 and ended with him where he belongs, in the Arkansas woods. CASE RECORD Name: Jon Thomas Mott Case number: 1:21-cr-464, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested 5/13/2021. Information filed 7/13/2021. Guilty plea 11/30/2022. Sentenced April 2023 to 30 days. DOJ record: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/mott-jon-thomas This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.
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On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-464
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 5/13/21. Initial appearance held 5/21/21. Information filed 7/13/21. Arraigned 7/23/21 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. Pleaded guilty 11/30/22.
- Arrested
- May 13, 2021
- Plea
- November 30, 2022
Charges
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building
- Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building
- Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building
- Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
Press & news
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/27/jan-6-gun-hunting-groceries/ →
- https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2022/dec/01/yellville-man-pleads-guilty-to-misdemeanor-in-jan/ →
- https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/apr/26/mott-ordered-to-spend-30-days-in-prison-for-his-role-in-us-capitol-breach/ →
- https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2023/dec/14/yellville-man-has-served-prison-sentence-in/ →
- https://www.ktlo.com/2022/09/28/u-s-district-judge-grants-mott-use-of-firearms-for-hunting/ →
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