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Kaleb Dillard
Pardoned January 6 defendant · former U.S. Marine
Documented editorial-use imageKaleb Dillard is a Birmingham, Alabama military veteran, a Briarwood Christian School graduate, and a husband who came home from federal prison and built a life on the other side of the worst year he ever had. Start with what it cost him, because he does not hide from it. FACT: Kaleb Dillard was arrested August 23, 2022 and charged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, case 1:23-cr-00049-JMC. FACT: he pleaded guilty to assaulting a law enforcement officer on January 6, 2021 and served roughly ten months in the federal prison at Yazoo City, Mississippi. Sources: U.S. Attorney news releases and 1819 News. THEIR ACCOUNT: in his own words, "I just acted, you know? And I went, grabbed him by the vest and pulled him down." He said it out loud, to a reporter, on the record. That is more accountability than most people ever put their name to. FACT: Kaleb Dillard received a full pardon under the January 20, 2025 presidential proclamation covering offenses related to the events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. DILLARD, KALEB appears on the Department of Justice Office of the Pardon Attorney list of pardon certificate recipients. Now the part nobody talks about. His fiancee left while he was gone. He met Anna after he came home. They married. He went back to Birmingham, back to his faith, and he is writing a book about prison, the Justice Department, and what he learned in there. THEIR ACCOUNT, 1819 News and WBRC. And when Kaleb Dillard talks about the pardon and the compensation debate, he does not talk about himself. He talks about the people still behind him: "It was a total God thing because so many other Jan-sixters have it way, way worse." Case record: 1:23-cr-00049-JMC, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested August 23, 2022. Full pardon January 20, 2025. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:23-cr-00049-JMC
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Judge
- Jia M. Cobb
- Disposition
- Full pardon under the January 20, 2025 presidential proclamation; DILLARD, KALEB appears on the DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney certificate-recipient list.
- Arrested
- August 23, 2022
- Plea
- July 18, 2023
- Sentenced
- November 16, 2023
Charges
- Plea offense: 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1) — assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers
- Complaint allegation: 18 U.S.C. § 231(a)(3) — civil disorder
- Complaint allegation: 18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(1) — entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds
- Complaint allegation: 18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(2) — disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds
- Complaint allegation: 18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(4) — physical violence in a restricted building or grounds
- Complaint allegation: 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(D) — disorderly conduct in a Capitol building
- Complaint allegation: 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(F) — act of physical violence in Capitol grounds or buildings
- Complaint allegation: 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(G) — parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building
Sentence
10 months imprisonment; 12 months supervised release; $36,238.55 restitution.
Press & news
- https://1819news.com/news/item/it-was-a-total-god-thing-birmingham-native-kaleb-dillard-shares-redemption-story-after-jan-6-arrest-federal-prison →
- https://1819news.com/tag/kaleb-dillard →
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/january-6th-federal-prison-and-a-love-story/id1602702694?i=1000680882920 →
- https://www.alreporter.com/2023/11/17/alabama-man-sentenced-for-assaulting-officers-during-jan-6-insurrection/ →
- https://www.justice.gov/pardon/freedom-information-act-foia-release-pardon-certificate-recipients →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/alabama-man-arrested-assaulting-law-enforcement-officers-during-jan-6-capitol-breach →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/alabama-man-pleads-guilty-assaulting-law-enforcement-officer-during-jan-6-capitol-breach →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/alabama-man-sentenced-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach →
- https://www.wbrc.com/2026/05/27/alabama-january-6-defendant-pardoned-by-president-trump-weighs-compensation-debate-reflects-prison-faith-accountability/ →
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/ →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Kaleb Dillard appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 7 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
Walk the whole case →Evidence on file
7 documents on file
Govt response5 documents
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.
order · Jan 20, 2025
January 20, 2025 January 6 Clemency Proclamation
Presidential proclamation commuting the sentences of fourteen named January 6 defendants to time served and granting full, complete, and unconditional pardons to the other covered convicted defendants. Person-specific status must be determined from the proclamation’s two separate clemency provisions.
Readother · Jan 20, 2025
Kaleb Dillard — January 6 Full-Pardon Record
Source-backed clemency record connecting the January 20, 2025 proclamation with the DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney certificate-recipient listing for DILLARD, KALEB.
Readarticle · Nov 16, 2023
Kaleb Dillard — DOJ Sentencing Record, November 16, 2023
Official DOJ release reporting a sentence of ten months' imprisonment, twelve months' supervised release, and $36,238.55 restitution.
Readarticle · Jul 18, 2023
Kaleb Dillard — DOJ Guilty-Plea Record, July 18, 2023
Official DOJ release reporting Dillard's guilty plea to one felony count under 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1) before Judge Jia M. Cobb.
Readarticle · Aug 23, 2022
Kaleb Dillard — DOJ Arrest Record, August 23, 2022
Official DOJ release reporting Dillard's arrest and the complaint-stage charges. The complaint allegations are not presented as findings of guilt.
ReadNews2 documents
Press coverage.
article · May 26, 2026
Kaleb Dillard — WBRC Interview on Prison, Faith, Accountability and Compensation Debate
Firsthand interview in which Dillard discusses his plea, incarceration, willingness to apologize, views on proportionality and accountability, Christian faith, marriage, and the then-proposed compensation fund.
Readaudio · Dec 18, 2024
Kaleb Dillard — 1819 News Podcast Interview, December 18, 2024
Publisher listing for a 1-hour-31-minute interview about Dillard's January 6 case, incarceration, faith, and relationship with his future wife. Publisher descriptions remain attributed pending full transcript review.
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