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Macsen Rutledge

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Macsen Rutledge is a Lansing, New York man out of Tompkins County whose federal case ended in probation and nothing more. He was never incarcerated. FACT: Rutledge was charged by complaint October 25, 2022 and arrested October 27, 2022 in Lansing, New York. His case is 1:22-mj-229 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. FACT: He pleaded guilty May 22, 2023 to one count, parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. That is a misdemeanor, the lowest count on the sheet. The government moved to dismiss the remaining counts and the court granted it. FACT: On October 26, 2023, Judge Christopher R. Cooper sentenced Macsen Rutledge to 24 months of probation, a $10 special assessment, and $500 restitution. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued clemency covering January 6 convictions. What this does not prove: Macsen Rutledge was never charged with assaulting anyone, never charged with a weapon offense, and never charged with a felony. He walked in, he walked out, and he pleaded to the smallest count in the federal code for doing it. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: no outlet has published a profile of Macsen Rutledge. His trade, his service record, and his family are not in the public record. If there is more to his story, it belongs here. THE CASE RECORD Name: Macsen Rutledge Case number: 1:22-mj-229 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge: Christopher R. Cooper Residence: Lansing, New York Plea: Guilty, count 4, May 22, 2023 Sentence: 24 months probation, $10 special assessment, $500 restitution Currently incarcerated: No This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
1:22-mj-229
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Complaint - 10/25/22 Arrested - 10/27/22

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