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Kellye SoRelle
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Kellye SoRelle is an attorney from Granbury, Texas. She built a career with a bar card in her hand. She was 43 when the government charged her over January 6. FACT: Kellye SoRelle worked as an attorney for the Oath Keepers, and was associated as counsel with Latinos for Trump. Those are the roles the charging papers and the reporting describe. FACT: She was arrested on September 1, 2022, in Junction, Texas. She pleaded not guilty at first and fought the case for nearly two years. FACT: In August 2024, Kellye SoRelle pleaded guilty to two counts: Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds, and Obstruction of Justice, Tampering with Documents. The government dropped the rest, including Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding. She was never convicted of conspiracy. She was never convicted of seditious conspiracy. She was never charged with seditious conspiracy. FACT: On January 17, 2025, a judge sentenced Kellye SoRelle to 12 months of incarceration, 36 months of supervised release, a $125 special assessment, and $2,000 in restitution. FACT: Three days later, on January 20, 2025, she received a full pardon from President Trump. Sit with that timeline. Sentenced on a Friday. Pardoned the following Monday. A Texas lawyer from Granbury, sentenced in the last week of one administration and cleared in the first hours of the next. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE: the conspiracy count against Kellye SoRelle was dismissed, not proven. No jury ever weighed it. Case record: Case 1:22-cr-290, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, docket dcd 246841. Indictment filed August 31, 2022. Arrested September 1, 2022. Sentenced January 17, 2025. 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
- 1:22-cr-290
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Arrested
- September 1, 2022
Charges
- Indictment filed 8/31/22.
- Arrested 9/1/22
Press & news
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.246841/gov.uscourts.dcd.246841.55.0_2.pdf →
- https://apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/database.html →
- https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/oath-keepers-lawyer-sentenced-to-year-in-prison-for-ordering-militia-to-destroy-evidence-after-jan-6-kellye-sorelle/65-4d3233f5-f627-4be3-88e5-f46eb4a1f66c →
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/08/21/oath-keepers-lawyer-kellye-sorelle-guilty-plea-jan-6/ →
- https://courthousenews.com/youve-done-a-lot-of-damage-to-this-country-former-oath-keeper-attorney-sentenced-to-1-year-in-prison/ →
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