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Mark Kulas Jr.

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Mark Kulas Jr. is the grandson of immigrants and he works in the family cleaning business they built from nothing. His people came out of Communist Poland. His grandfather started a maid service in the Chicago suburbs. His father and his uncle run it now. Mark Kulas Jr. of Lake Forest, Illinois works there full time. That is who he is. That is the part the headlines skipped. WHO HE IS FACT: Mark Kulas Jr. graduated from Trinity University in 2017. FACT: He worked as a food runner at Spiaggia in Chicago, one of the serious kitchens in that city, and he earned a sommelier certification from a Chicago culinary school. He worked his way up in the restaurant business the hard way, from the floor. FACT: Coworkers who wrote to the court described him as hard working, compassionate, and kind. One called him one of the kindest people they had ever met and said he goes above and beyond to help all of his coworkers. Those are colleagues, under their own names, to a federal judge, at sentencing. FACT: His family fled Communist Poland in the 1980s and 1990s. His parents are Mark Sr. and Yoanna Kulas. WHAT THE RECORD SHOWS FACT: Mark Kulas Jr. was charged alongside his younger brother Christian Kulas. They flew from Illinois to Washington the day before January 6. FACT: He was inside the Capitol for 24 minutes. The filing states he did not engage in violence and did not damage property. FACT: He was charged with exactly one count. Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building, under 40 U.S.C. section 5104(e)(2)(G). A petty offense. The lowest thing on the federal books. THE LEGAL FIGHT FACT: An Information was filed November 19, 2021. He pleaded guilty December 6, 2021 to the single petty count. FACT: On April 26, 2022 he was sentenced to six months of probation, 60 days of home detention, a $10 special assessment, and $500 restitution, which he had already paid. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed the clemency proclamation covering the January 6 prosecutions. Mark Kulas Jr. received a full pardon. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE Not one count of assault. Not one count of property damage. Not a weapon. A man whose family ran from a police state got 60 days of home detention from his own government over 24 minutes and a petty trespass. Say it plain. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION We would like his own account, in his own words, and anything his family wants added. CASE RECORD Case 21-cr-693, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Information filed November 19, 2021. Pleaded guilty December 6, 2021. Sentenced April 26, 2022. Full pardon January 20, 2025. Government and defense sentencing memoranda and the statement of offense are mirrored in the GWU Program on Extremism document set, linked on this page. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.