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Joshua A. James

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Joshua James is a U.S. Army combat veteran from Arab, Alabama — a man who enlisted at 18, deployed to Iraq, and carried the wounds of that service home. Lead with the service, because it is real: Joshua James joined the Army as a teenager and was gravely wounded in 2007, at just 19, when a car bombing brought down part of a highway bridge in Iraq. His body spent years healing and his military career ended sooner than he wanted — a sacrifice that shaped the rest of his life. Here are the receipts on his case: James became involved with the Oath Keepers and was charged in connection with January 6, 2021. He pleaded guilty and became the first defendant in the Capitol cases to plead to seditious conspiracy. He cooperated with the government, and in December 2024 a federal judge sentenced Joshua James to three years of probation rather than prison. His January 6 case was resolved under the sweeping clemency landscape of President Trump's January 20, 2025 pardons and commutations for J6 defendants. An Alabama Army veteran who bled for his country in Iraq, came home to Arab, and is still writing the next chapter of his story. Case record: United States v. Rhodes, et al., Case No. 1:22-cr-15, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested Mar. 9, 2021; pleaded guilty Mar. 2, 2022; sentenced to three years' probation December 2024. Sourcing: Army veteran from Arab, Alabama, wounded in a 2007 Iraq car bombing at age 19 — FACT/THEIR ACCOUNT (TIME; RocketCityNow). First J6 defendant to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy; cooperation; probation sentence — FACT (CBS News; RocketCityNow; AP via Winchester Star). Jan. 20, 2025 clemency context — FACT (DOJ/press). This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.