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Matthew Brent Carver
January 6 defendant
Matthew Brent Carver is a Vanceburg man. Lewis County, Kentucky, up on the Ohio River where the hills come down to the water. [FACT - The Lewis County Herald; Ledger Independent, Maysville] Vanceburg, Kentucky. Under two thousand people. Everybody knows everybody. WHAT THE RECORD SHOWS Matthew Brent Carver was not charged in 2021, 2022, or 2023. His federal case opened in 2024, more than three years after January 6. [FACT - CourtListener dockets 1:24-mj-00035 and 1:24-cr-00105, D.D.C.; PACER Monitor 3:24-mj-00014, E.D. Ky.] He was charged with civil disorder, knowingly entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building. [CHARGE ONLY - The Lewis County Herald; Ledger Independent] He entered a guilty plea to a felony civil disorder count in December 2024. [FACT - reported December 2024; DOJ press release "kentucky man pleads guilty felony civil disorder during jan 6 capitol breach"] Charged in 2024. Pleaded in December 2024. Read the next line. CLEMENCY Weeks after that plea, the January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full, complete and unconditional pardon for offenses related to the events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and directed dismissal of pending cases in that class. [FACT - Federal Register 2025-01950] Matthew Brent Carver's case falls within the class described. [DOCUMENTED INFERENCE - individual docket disposition NEEDS AUTHENTICATION] A man from Lewis County, Kentucky was pulled into a federal felony case in year four and it was over inside of a few months. That timeline is the story. THE CASE RECORD Name: Matthew Brent Carver Case numbers: 1:24-cr-00105 and 1:24-mj-00035, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 3:24-mj-00014, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Charged 2024. Guilty plea to felony civil disorder, December 2024. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE No claim is made here that Matthew Brent Carver injured anyone. The charged conduct as reported is civil disorder and unlawful entry. Nothing on this page adds to that. WHAT IT DOES PROVE Vanceburg, Kentucky. Three years of waiting, a 2024 felony charge, a December plea, and a January proclamation. Put the dates side by side and look at them. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
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- https://lewiscountyherald.com/vanceburg-man-charged-in-attack-on-us-capitol/ →
- https://lewiscountyherald.com/tag/matthew-brent-carver/ →
- https://maysville-online.com/news/210320/vanceburg-man-charged-for-jan-6-riots →
- https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68294955/united-states-v-carver/ →
- https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68216480/united-states-v-carver/ →
- https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/52195680/USA_v_Matthew_Brent_Carver →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/kentucky-man-pleads-guilty-felony-civil-disorder-during-jan-6-capitol-breach →
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/29/2025-01950/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near →
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