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Joseph Lino Padilla

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Joseph Lino Padilla is one of the 1,571 January 6 defendants indexed in this archive — preserved from the DOJ Capitol Breach case list this site mirrored after the government scrubbed it from justice.gov. Case 1:21-cr-214 — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Charges, per the DOJ record: Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; 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 with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly Conduct in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings. The docket, as recorded: Padilla was arrested on 2/23/21. Indicted 3/12/21. Arraigned and pleaded not guilty to all counts on 3/30/21. Superseding indictment filed  11/10/2021. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever. Organize the record, add your documents, and tell the story where no platform can bury it.

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Case number
1:21-cr-214
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Padilla was arrested on 2/23/21. Indicted 3/12/21. Arraigned and pleaded not guilty to all counts on 3/30/21. Superseding indictment filed  11/10/2021.
Arrested
February 23, 2021

Charges

  • Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers
  • Civil Disorder
  • Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon
  • Obstruction of an Official Proceeding
  • 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 with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon
  • Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon
  • Disorderly Conduct in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
  • Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings

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