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Marcus Smith

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Marcus Smith is a Fleming Island, Florida man whose January 6 sentence lasted three days. FACT: Marcus Smith was arrested on January 26, 2024, in Fleming Island, Florida, three years after January 6, 2021. FACT: He pleaded not guilty and took his case to a jury. He did not plead out. CHARGE AND VERDICT: The indictment alleged he damaged an interior door of the Capitol causing more than $1,000 in harm, and entered and behaved disorderly in restricted areas. On October 1, 2024, a District of Columbia jury found Marcus Smith guilty on all counts, one felony count of destruction of government property and six misdemeanor counts. FACT: On January 17, 2025, he was sentenced to 12 months and one day of incarceration, 24 months of supervised release, $21,191 in restitution, and a $205 special assessment. FACT: On January 20, 2025, three days later, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. Marcus Smith received a full pardon. Three days. That is how long that sentence stood before the pardon power reached it. A NOTE ON IDENTITY The mirrored DOJ list this archive preserves carries no city and no case number for this row. The Fleming Island, Florida identification, the jury verdict date, and the sentence all come from the federal court record and Jacksonville area news coverage of the only January 6 defendant named Marcus Smith. If any of it is wrong, the man himself can correct it for free. CASE RECORD Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Docket: CourtListener RECAP, gov.uscourts.dcd.264299 Arrest: January 26, 2024 Trial verdict: Guilty on all counts, jury, October 1, 2024 Sentence: January 17, 2025 Clemency: Full pardon, January 20, 2025 SOURCES News4JAX, Fleming Island man arrested, accused of destruction of property during Jan. 6 attack on Capitol First Coast News, Fleming Island man charged with damaging Capitol on Jan. 6 NPR Jan. 6 Archive database record for Smith, Marcus Court filing mirrored at CourtListener RECAP This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.

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