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Kyle Fitzsimons
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageKyle Fitzsimons is a butcher and chef from Lyman, Maine, who spent his working life at the block and the stove before January 6, 2021 changed the course of his life. (THEIR ACCOUNT / FACT, Maine news coverage, DOJ) Fitzsimons was one of the most seriously charged Jan. 6 defendants to come out of Maine. He fought his case at a bench trial rather than take a plea. In September 2022 he was found guilty of seven felonies, including obstruction of an official proceeding and assaulting officers, plus four misdemeanors. He was sentenced in July 2023 to more than seven years in prison. (FACT, DOJ, Washington Post, Courthouse News) Ryan Nichols knows what a Capitol riot prosecution looks like from the inside, and the record here is serious, a contested trial, a jury and judge that heard both sides, and a long sentence. Fitzsimons's family and community in Maine watched a working tradesman become a nationally covered case. (RYAN STATEMENT) On January 20, 2025, President Trump proclaimed "a full, complete and unconditional pardon" for January 6 defendants nationwide. Whether Kyle Fitzsimons's specific conviction falls within that sweep has not been individually confirmed by a certificate. (DOCUMENTED INFERENCE / NEEDS AUTHENTICATION) Case record: Case No. 1:21-cr-158, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
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On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-158
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 2/4/21. Indicted 2/26/21. Arraignment held 4/22/21. Superseding indictment filed 5/18/22. Found guilty 9/27/22, following bench trial the previous month. Fitzsimons was found guilty of seven felony charges: one count of obstruction of an official proceeding; four counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers, including two involving a dangerous weapon or bodily injury; one count of interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder, and one count of engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds. He also was found guilty of four misdemeanor charges including: entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol Building or grounds; and committing an act of violence in the Capitol Building or grounds.
- Arrested
- February 4, 2021
Charges
- Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Inflicting Bodily Injury on Certain Officers; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
Press & news
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/fitzsimons-kyle →
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/07/13/kyle-fitzsimons-sentenced-jan6/ →
- https://www.courthousenews.com/butcher-who-assaulted-officers-at-capitol-riot-gets-7-years-in-prison/ →
- https://www.mainepublic.org/courts-and-crime/2023-07-13/maine-man-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison-for-involvement-in-jan-6 →
- 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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