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Matthew Greene

January 6 defendant

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Matthew Greene is a Syracuse, New York man whose January 6 case became one of the most consequential in the entire federal docket, and almost nobody outside Central New York knows his name. FACT: Matthew Greene was arrested April 21, 2021. He was arraigned May 24, 2021 and pleaded not guilty to counts one through nine. FACT: On December 22, 2021 Matthew Greene pleaded guilty to conspiracy and obstruction. He was the first member of the Proud Boys to plead guilty in a January 6 case. That is not archive spin. That is how CNN, CBS News, NBC News, NPR and the U.S. Department of Justice all reported it at the time. FACT: Greene entered into a cooperation agreement with the government and later testified in the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial, per Courthouse News Service. Say what you want about the case. That man walked into a federal courtroom, put his hand up, and answered questions under oath while the whole country watched. That took something. FACT: Matthew Greene was among the Central New York January 6 defendants covered by the January 20, 2025 clemency action, per CNY Central. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: Central New York outlets reported in March 2025 that a Syracuse man pardoned for January 6 pleaded guilty to a state weapons charge. The archive has not independently confirmed that the reporting concerns this Matthew Greene. It is listed here as an open item, not as a finding. Presumption of innocence applies to any matter not proven. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE: Nothing here decides who Matthew Greene is today. The archive publishes the court record and the cited reporting. It does not publish conclusions about a man's heart. THE CASE RECORD Name: Matthew Greene Case number: 1:21-cr-52 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested: April 21, 2021 Arraigned: May 24, 2021 Pleaded guilty: December 22, 2021 This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.