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Kimberly Rae Dragoo

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Kimberly Rae Dragoo is a St. Joseph, Missouri mother who organized almost three thousand of her neighbors to keep a high school from closing, and then put her own name on the ballot to finish the job. FACT: When the St. Joseph school district moved to close one of its three high schools around 2019, Dragoo built a Facebook group called "We the people 3 schools." FACT: It grew to nearly 3,000 members. FACT: In April 2024, Kimberly Rae Dragoo ran for the St. Joseph school board. THEIR ACCOUNT: Asked about her own education, she said, "I don't see how someone with a doctorate degree could ever understand a child that has not finished school." Asked whether her group harassed officials, she said, "I wouldn't say we harass. I say we expose." Read that again. A woman who did not finish high school stood up for three high schools and made a whole district listen to her. Whatever anybody thinks about January 6, that is a citizen doing citizenship in her own town. THE CASE, PLAINLY CHARGE ONLY: Four counts, all tied to entering and remaining in the Capitol on January 6, 2021. FACT: Dragoo pleaded guilty to one count, Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in the Capitol Building. The other charges were dismissed. FACT: On April 19, 2024, she was sentenced to 36 months of probation with a condition of intermittent confinement, a $5,000 fine, $500 in restitution, and a $10 special assessment. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. Kimberly Rae Dragoo received a full pardon. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE No violence count. No weapon count. No destruction count. The single offense she admitted is a petty offense, the lowest charge the federal government brought in any January 6 case. THE CASE RECORD Case 23-mj-00126, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Complaint filed June 12, 2023. Arrested June 13, 2023, in St. Joseph, Missouri. Charging document and Missouri coverage linked below. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.