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Kyle Douglas McMahan

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Kyle Douglas McMahan is a Watauga, Texas man who wore the uniform of the United States Air Force Reserve as a staff sergeant, and that service is part of his record too, not just his case. This is the record on Kyle McMahan. FACT: at the time of his 2023 arrest, McMahan was serving as a staff sergeant in the Air Force Reserve, a fact reported by NBC, Fox News, the Army Times, and HuffPost when the case broke. FACT: federal prosecutors charged McMahan with assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and civil disorder in connection with January 6, 2021. This is a serious charge and this profile does not soften it. McMahan pleaded guilty to one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers. Kyle McMahan was sentenced on September 10, 2024, to 19 months of incarceration, 12 months of supervised release, $2,000 in restitution, and 100 hours of community service. He served time. He paid restitution. He did the community service. That is the account, on the record, of a man who answered for what he pleaded guilty to. This is the record, and the record does not lie. A staff sergeant in the United States Air Force Reserve, a man who volunteered to wear the uniform, was also a man who pleaded guilty to a felony assault charge tied to January 6. Both things are true. Neither cancels the other. Here is where the legal fight stands now. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed a full and unconditional pardon and clemency proclamation covering January 6 defendants. FACT: Kyle Douglas McMahan received a full pardon on January 20, 2025. The sentence he served stands as history. The pardon restores his rights going forward. Release the bodycam. Show me the evidence. The federal government's own statement of facts is public record, filed by a special agent and available for anyone to read. What this does not prove: a pardon is not a finding that the underlying conduct did not happen, and McMahan's guilty plea is his own sworn account that it did. What it does prove: the federal punishment is over, and a man who served his country in uniform has a clean slate under federal law going forward. CASE RECORD: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers. Arrested December 6, 2023, tied to Watauga, Texas. Sentenced September 10, 2024, to 19 months incarceration, 12 months supervised release, $2,000 restitution, 100 hours community service. Received a full pardon January 20, 2025. Read it. Share it. Send receipts, evidence, witnesses. Put eyes on the record. Do not threaten anyone, do not harass anyone, do not contact anyone in my name. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.

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Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Pleaded guilty to assaulting/resisting/impeding officers. Sentenced 9/10/2024 to 19 months incarceration, 12 months supervised release. Received a full pardon 1/20/2025.
Arrested
December 6, 2023

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