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Juan Rodriguez

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Juan Rodriguez is a Central Falls, Rhode Island man who became, in the FBI's own account, the guy who asked the cops for his phone back. Here's the record. FACT: on the afternoon of January 6, 2021, police heard voices coming from a locked Senate office and found Rodriguez, another man, and a third unidentified person inside, after they'd allegedly come through a window someone else had already broken. Officers walked them out. FACT: a few minutes later, Rodriguez was back outside that same broken window, asking for his cell phone, which he'd left charging in the office. The officer got it for him. Juan Rodriguez wasn't arrested until July 13, 2023, more than two years after the fact, one of the last Rhode Islanders charged in the case. FACT: he pleaded guilty to two counts, entering and remaining in a Capitol room and obstructing passage in the building. The rest of his charges were dismissed. The court sentenced him to 30 days, no supervision to follow, restitution, a small assessment. Short and done. FACT: on January 20, 2025, Juan Rodriguez received a full pardon from President Trump. The case that took two years to bring closed inside a day of the new administration. Juan Rodriguez served his time, paid his restitution, and got his record wiped by presidential pardon. Central Falls is a small city and word travels. This is his record, plain, and now it ends in a pardon, not a sentence. What this doesn't prove: it doesn't establish his job, his family, or his life outside that one afternoon. What it does prove: he pleaded to two misdemeanors, served a short sentence, and was pardoned by name. CASE RECORD Case No. 23-mj-134, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested July 13, 2023. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced February 16, 2024 to 30 days incarceration, $500 restitution, $20 special assessment. Full pardon January 20, 2025. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.