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Lee Stutts
January 6 case-file subject
Documented editorial-use imageLee Stutts is a former United States Marine from Catawba County, North Carolina. That comes first here, because it came first in his life. He wore the uniform. He raised his right hand. Nothing that happened later takes that away from him. Lee Stutts was 46 years old when federal agents arrested him on November 16, 2023, almost three full years after January 6, 2021. [FACT, WBTV] He made his first appearance in the Western District of North Carolina the next day on a criminal complaint filed out of the District of Columbia. [FACT] The government charged Lee Stutts with two felonies and three misdemeanors: assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon; obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds. [CHARGE ONLY] Read that word again. Charged. He pleaded not guilty. [FACT] He did not sign a plea deal. He was reported headed to trial on fifteen counts when the January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation ended the January 6 prosecutions. [FACT] No jury ever convicted Lee Stutts of anything on this docket. The allegations above were never proven, and under American law they never have to be answered now. That is not a technicality. That is the presumption of innocence doing exactly what it is supposed to do. THE RECORD Case 1:24-cr-00019-TSC, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested November 16, 2023. Not-guilty plea entered. Final person-specific dismissal order not yet captured in this archive. [NEEDS AUTHENTICATION] This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:24-cr-00019-TSC
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Judge
- Tanya S. Chutkan
- Defense attorney
- William Lee Shipley, Jr.; later counsel not fully verified
- Disposition
- Not-guilty plea; reported pending trial on fifteen counts before the January 20, 2025 dismissal-with-prejudice directive. Final person-specific dismissal order not yet captured.
- Arrested
- November 16, 2023
Charges
- Obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting (indictment allegation; later charging history requires native-file verification)
- Civil disorder (indictment allegation)
- Multiple counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, including dangerous-weapon allegations (indictment and superseding-indictment allegations)
- Restricted-area and Capitol-building or grounds offenses (indictment allegations)
Sentence
No verified conviction or sentence. The prosecution was reported pending when Proclamation 10887 directed the Attorney General to pursue dismissal with prejudice of pending January 6 indictments; person-specific dismissal papers remain uncaptured.
Press & news
- https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article284456460.html →
- https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article284837236.html →
- https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article288308205.html →
- https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article298595113.html →
- https://www.wbtv.com/2023/11/16/catawba-county-man-former-marine-arrested-felony-assault-charges-jan-6-capitol-breach/ →
- https://www.qcnews.com/crime-and-public-safety/catawba-county-man-former-u-s-marine-arrested-in-jan-6-capitol-riot/ →
- https://www.wral.com/nc-man-arrested-for-actions-at-jan-6-attack-on-capitol/21152962/ →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Lee Stutts appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 6 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
Walk the whole case →Evidence on file
6 documents on file
Govt response2 documents
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.
other · Jan 20, 2025
Proclamation 10887 — January 6 pardons and commutations
The proclamation commuted fourteen specifically named sentences and granted full pardons to other covered convicted January 6 defendants. Worrell was not among the fourteen named commutations.
Readarticle · Nov 16, 2023
DOJ Announces Lee Stutts Arrest and Complaint Allegations
Official DOJ announcement reporting Lee Stutts’s November 16, 2023 arrest and the complaint-stage charges. Government descriptions remain allegations, not judicial findings.
ReadNews3 documents
Press coverage.
article · May 1, 2024
Lee Stutts Superseding-Indictment Report — Native Filing Pending
A May 5, 2024 report states that a May 1 superseding indictment added two officer-assault counts and brought the reported total to fifteen. The native filing remains pending.
Readarticle · Jan 29, 2024
Lee Stutts Not-Guilty Plea Report
Charlotte Observer courthouse reporting states that Lee Stutts pleaded not guilty at his January 29, 2024 arraignment before the D.C. federal court.
Readarticle · Jan 20, 2024
Lee Stutts Discusses Charges in Firsthand Interview
Charlotte Observer interview preserving Stutts’s own account and denials concerning parts of the government’s allegations. His statements are attributed firsthand claims, not judicial findings.
ReadOther1 document
Other documents on file.