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Matthew Ross Council
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Matthew Ross Council is one of the 1,571 January 6 defendants indexed in this archive — preserved from the DOJ Capitol Breach case list this site mirrored after the government scrubbed it from justice.gov. Case 1:21-cr-207 — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The docket, as recorded: Arrested - 1/14/21 Initial appearance - 1/21/21 Indicted - 3/10/21 Arraigned - 4/8/21 where he pleaded not guilty to all counts. Superseding indictment filed Pleaded guilty - 8/10/22 to superseding indictment. Sentenced - 12/12/22 to 60 months probation, 180 days home detention, 100 hours of community service, and $500 On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever. Organize the record, add your documents, and tell the story where no platform can bury it.
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- Case number
- 1:21-cr-207
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested - 1/14/21 Initial appearance - 1/21/21 Indicted - 3/10/21 Arraigned - 4/8/21 where he pleaded not guilty to all counts. Superseding indictment filed Pleaded guilty - 8/10/22 to superseding indictment. Sentenced - 12/12/22 to 60 months probation, 180 days home detention, 100 hours of community service, and $500
- Plea
- August 10, 2022
- Sentenced
- December 12, 2022
Sentence
60 months probation, 180 days home detention, 100 hours of community service, and $500
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
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