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Kyler Joseph Bard

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Kyler Joseph Bard is a young man out of Seneca, Missouri, a small town in Newton County down in the four state corner. He was 27 when he was sentenced. [FACT - U.S. Attorney's Office press release; KSNF/KODE Four States Homepage; KOAM] Seneca, Missouri. Population under two thousand. That is where Kyler Bard is from. HIS LEGAL FIGHT A criminal complaint was filed January 12, 2023. Kyler Joseph Bard was arrested January 17, 2023, two years after January 6. He was indicted March 15, 2023. [FACT - DOJ case record 1:23-cr-84] He was charged with two felonies, assaulting or resisting officers and civil disorder, and four misdemeanors covering unauthorized entry to a restricted building, disorderly conduct, and physical violence in a restricted area. [CHARGE ONLY - U.S. Attorney's Office press release] He pleaded guilty in May 2024. [FACT - U.S. Attorney's Office press release; KOAM] On November 15, 2024, U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta sentenced Kyler Joseph Bard to 12 months and one day in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and $2,000 in restitution. [FACT - U.S. Attorney's Office press release] Twelve months and a day. Sentenced in November 2024. CLEMENCY Two months and five days after that sentencing, the January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full, complete and unconditional pardon to individuals convicted of offenses related to the events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. [FACT - Federal Register 2025-01950] Kyler Joseph Bard's conviction falls within the class described in that proclamation. [DOCUMENTED INFERENCE - individual docket entry NEEDS AUTHENTICATION] Sentenced in November. Proclamation in January. That is the timeline, and it is worth sitting with. THE CASE RECORD Name: Kyler Joseph Bard Case number: 1:23-cr-84 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Complaint filed January 12, 2023. Arrested January 17, 2023. Indicted March 15, 2023. Pleaded guilty May 2024. Sentenced November 15, 2024: 12 months and one day in prison, 24 months supervised release, $2,000 restitution. DOJ record: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/bard-kyle-joseph WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE This page makes no claim beyond the charging documents and the sentencing record. Nothing here speaks to who Kyler Bard is at home, at work, or in Seneca. WHAT IT DOES PROVE A 27 year old from a small Missouri town went through the full federal machine: complaint, arrest, indictment, plea, prison sentence. Then the proclamation landed. Read the whole record before you decide anything about Kyler Joseph Bard. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.