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Joshua Scott Borum

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Joshua Scott Borum is a 39 year old man from Windfall, Indiana, a Tipton County town of a few hundred people, and he is carried in the national January 6 archive with a MILITARY TIES flag next to his name. He told the FBI he went inside to find someone who was missing. That is in the court record. WHO HE IS FACT: Joshua Scott Borum is 39 and from Windfall, Indiana. He was arrested on March 19, 2024, in Indianapolis. (NPR Jan. 6 Archive) FACT: NPR's Jan. 6 Archive flags Joshua Borum's case for MILITARY TIES. That flag is applied from the court and arrest records NPR compiled from PACER, CourtListener, and DOJ filings. (NPR Jan. 6 Archive, military field) THEIR ACCOUNT: In a December 13, 2021 interview with the FBI, Borum said he was part of a group called the American Regulators, and he described it as a group that exists primarily to exercise their First Amendment rights and help communities. He said he had been designated to provide security for the larger group, and that he entered the Capitol searching for a member of his group who was missing. That account is recorded in the court documents, in his own words. FACT: He sat down with the FBI voluntarily in 2021, more than two years before he was ever charged. THE CHARGES, AS CHARGES CHARGE ONLY: Joshua Borum was charged with four misdemeanor and petty 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. Parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. FACT: No felony was ever charged against him. No assault. No weapon. NPR's archive records no violence or assault flag on his case. HIS LEGAL FIGHT FACT: Borum pleaded guilty to the two lightest counts, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and parading, demonstrating, or picketing. The other charges were dismissed. FACT: On September 6, 2024, Joshua Scott Borum was sentenced to 24 months of probation, a $20 special assessment, a $2,000 fine, $500 in restitution, and 100 hours of community service. No prison. No jail. Community service in his own community. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. Joshua Borum received a FULL PARDON. Not a commutation. A full pardon. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:24-cr-00301, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Charged initially as 1:24-mj-00099. Arrested March 19, 2024, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Home of record: Windfall, Indiana. Docket: guilty plea to two petty counts, other counts dismissed; sentenced September 6, 2024, to probation and community service; full pardon January 20, 2025. Filings: CourtListener RECAP, D.D.C. docket 269916, and the public CourtListener docket for United States v. Borum. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: The branch, dates, and character of Joshua Borum's military service have not been documented by this archive. A DD-214 or a family account would let this profile state it properly. No verified fundraiser or self published social account has been attached. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.