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Kevin Louis Galetto

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Kevin Louis Galetto is a 63-year-old man who lived in Westminster, California and later Merritt Island, Florida. FACT: He attended the rally in Washington ahead of the January 6, 2021 certification. FACT: He pleaded guilty to one count of assaulting or impeding officers and was sentenced on September 5, 2023 to 27 months. Charges describe a day; they are not the measure of a man's whole life. FACT: The January 20, 2025 presidential clemency proclamation swept in the January 6 cases. Case record: No. 1:21-cr-517, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested April 23, 2021; guilty plea; sentenced Sept. 5, 2023 to 27 months. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
1:21-cr-517
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Arrested 4/23/2021 and initial appearance held the same day. Indicted 8/13/2021. Superseding indictment filed 10/29/2021.
Arrested
April 23, 2021

Charges

  • Assaulting, Resisting or Impeding Certain Officers or Employees
  • Obstruction of Law Enforcement During Civil Disorder
  • Obstruction of Justice
  • Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority, Knowingly Committing an Act of Physical Violence in any Restricted Building or Grounds
  • Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds

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