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Markus Maly
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageMarkus Maly is a Southwest Virginia man, from Fincastle in the Roanoke region. When the January 6 pardons came in January 2025, he was one of the local names his hometown press covered — a reminder that behind the national story are people from small Virginia towns with families waiting on them. (FACT — reported by WDBJ7 and WSET.) The court record, straight: Maly was found guilty by a jury in December 2022 for his conduct at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, including assault of officers, and was sentenced to 72 months. Charges are charges, and the jury reached its verdict. On January 20, 2025, his case was covered by President Trump's clemency for January 6 defendants, and he was freed. (FACT.) Case record: No. 1:21-cr-178, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested January 26, 2022. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-178
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Complaint Filed: 1/13/2022 Arrested 1/26/22 Indictment/Information: Filed 2/9/22 Sentenced at Trial 12/6/22
- Arrested
- January 26, 2022
- Sentenced
- December 6, 2022
Sentence
Sentenced at Trial 12/6/22
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Markus Maly appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 2 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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2 documents on file
Ryan2 documents
Ryan Nichols' own paperwork — grievances, motions, letters, cell notes.
ruling · Jan 17, 2025
United States v. Brown — D.C. Circuit opinion in Peter Schwartz appeal
Published 43-page D.C. Circuit opinion, 125 F.4th 1186, vacating Schwartz’s § 1512(c)(2) conviction, remanding for resentencing, and holding that compelling him to unlock his cellphone violated the Fifth Amendment. The court directed count-specific harmless-error review and denied the remaining appellate claims.
article · Dec 7, 2022
DOJ verdict announcement — Peter Schwartz, Jeffrey Brown, and Markus Maly
Justice Department announcement reporting the December 6, 2022 jury verdict. Descriptions of conduct and trial evidence remain attributed to the government; the release is not used as an independent character assessment.