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Jonathan Joseph Copeland
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageJonathan Joseph Copeland is from Fort Shawnee, Ohio, a Lima-area man whose January 6 case ran longer than most before ending in the January 2025 pardon. FACT: Copeland told the FBI he traveled to Washington with someone he'd met online, arrived for the rally, and later followed a crowd into the Capitol through an open door (Hometown Stations; DOJ). FACT: while inside, he received a phone call from that same travel companion, who told him "Son, you know what you're doing is a crime." He said that call changed his mind. He retraced his steps, and a police officer directed him out through a window, well before the standoff inside worsened. Jonathan Joseph Copeland's own words, in his own interview with the FBI, are part of the official record he now lives under, and this archive keeps them exactly as he gave them. Jonathan Joseph Copeland later told investigators he felt remorse for what he'd done, which is why he deleted his social media accounts, according to court records. FACT: he was arrested by the FBI in Fort Shawnee, Ohio, on August 25, 2022. FACT: in May 2024 a jury found him guilty of eight counts, six felonies and two misdemeanors, tied to pushing a large metal Trump sign frame into a police line outside the Capitol (Hometown Stations; DOJ). FACT: he was sentenced to 71 months, 36 months of supervised release, and $2,000 restitution. WHERE THINGS STAND: FACT, he was pardoned under the January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: a GiveSendGo campaign titled "January 6th Jonathan Joseph Copeland J6 Defender" has raised support for him; we have not verified who administers it. CASE RECORD No. 1:22-mj-195, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Complaint filed 8/24/2022; arrested 8/25/2022. Convicted at trial May 2024. Sentenced to 71 months. Pardoned January 20, 2025. 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
- 1:22-mj-195
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Complaint filed 8/24/22. Arrested 8/25/22. Convicted at trial May 2024 on eight counts (six felonies, two misdemeanors). Sentenced to 71 months, 36 months supervised release, $2,000 restitution. Pardoned January 20, 2025.
- Arrested
- August 25, 2022
Charges
- Civil Disorder (2 counts)
- Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon
- Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building
- Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
- Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
Sentence
71 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, $2,000 restitution.
Press & news
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/michigan-and-tennessee-men-arrested-assault-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach →
- https://www.givesendgo.com/G9ER1 →
- https://www.hometownstations.com/news/jonathan-copeland-found-guilty-of-eight-charges-for-january-6th-riot-at-capitol/article_24ce7644-0d86-11ef-babd-cfcd2001cfac.html →
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