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Mark Steven Simon

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Mark Steven Simon is a Huntington Beach man, an Orange County Californian, who was arrested at the front end of the January 6 cases and finished with 35 days. FACT: CBS Los Angeles reported that the FBI arrested Mark Simon of Huntington Beach, California on January 28, 2021 in connection with the Capitol breach. He appeared in federal court in Santa Ana the same day and was released on $25,000 bond after surrendering his passport. Source: CBS Los Angeles, Huntington Beach Man Mark Simon Arrested In Capitol Riot. THEIR ACCOUNT: at that first appearance, CBS reported that Simon appeared to blurt out that he did not enter the Capitol. He said it out loud, in open court, on day one. Source: CBS Los Angeles. HOW THEY FOUND HIM. Not a tip line. Not an informant. Photographs he took on his own phone and posted himself. The criminal complaint used his own pictures. Source: CBS Los Angeles. THE CHARGES, PLAINLY. Four misdemeanor counts: entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building or grounds, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. No assault. No weapon. No conspiracy. No felony. FACT: Mark Steven Simon pleaded not guilty to all four counts on February 3, 2021. A plea agreement was entered August 19, 2021. On December 7, 2021 he was sentenced to 35 days of incarceration and $500 in restitution, with the term to begin no later than January 3, 2022. Source: DOJ Capitol Breach case record preserved in this archive. Thirty five days. Not thirty five months. That distinction gets lost in almost every story ever written about January 6, and it is the whole truth of this file. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: secondary reporting lists his age as 52 at the time of sentencing. That has not been confirmed against a primary record. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. THE RECORD. Case 1:21-cr-67, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested January 28, 2021. Initial appearance January 28, 2021, Santa Ana, California. Not guilty plea February 3, 2021. Plea agreement August 19, 2021. Sentenced December 7, 2021. Huntington Beach, Orange County, California. No public fundraiser or support page has been located for Mark Steven Simon. If one exists, this archive will link it. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.