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Matthew Krol

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Matthew Krol is a Linden, Michigan man, 64 years old, out of Genesee County south of Flint. His case is the hardest one on this page, and this archive does not hide hard cases. Here is the record straight, no spin. In August 2023, Matthew Krol pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon. [FACT: DOJ press release; The Detroit News, August 15, 2023] On that plea, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced Matthew Krol to 51 months in federal prison, 36 months of supervised release and $2,000 in restitution. [FACT: DOJ press release] Press coverage described him as a self professed militia enthusiast and reported that the assault involved a police baton taken from an officer. Those are press characterizations of the government's evidence, not findings written into this archive. [NEEDS AUTHENTICATION] Matthew Krol did federal prison time. That is a fact, and facts stay in the record. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions, including commutations for those still serving January 6 sentences. [FACT: White House proclamation, January 20, 2025] A guilty plea is a court's judgment about one day in a man's life. It is not a judgment about the other twenty three thousand days. Nobody in this archive gets reduced to their worst hour. If there is more to Matthew Krol of Linden, Michigan, his family can put it here and this archive will carry it. THE RECORD Case 1:22-mj-18, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge Rudolph Contreras. Complaint filed January 26, 2022. Arrested February 23, 2022. Pleaded guilty August 2023 to assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon. Sentenced to 51 months imprisonment, 36 months supervised release, $2,000 restitution. Clemency January 20, 2025. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.