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Matthew Ryan Matulich

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Matthew Ryan Matulich is a Buras, Louisiana man, from the small Plaquemines Parish fishing community south of New Orleans, caught up in the January 6 prosecutions. Here's what the record shows. Matulich was arrested on April 25, 2024, more than three years after the Capitol breach. FACT, per the U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C. He was charged with theft of government property. He pleaded guilty to that charge. On September 5, 2024, he was sentenced to 90 days of incarceration, nine months of supervised release, 40 hours of community service, and $500 in restitution, plus a $25 special assessment. FACT, per the court docket. Local Louisiana outlets WWL and KLFY covered his arrest at the time. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted Matulich a full pardon covering the January 6 prosecutions. FACT. The public record does not show violence or assault attributed to Matulich. It shows a theft charge, a guilty plea, a short sentence served, and a pardon that closed the book on it. He served his time and moved on with his life on the Louisiana coast. Ryan Nichols has walked this same road: an arrest years after the fact, a plea, a sentence, and a pardon that the record now has to reckon with. Same country, opposite treatment depending on who is asking the questions. This is the record. Read it. Share it. CASE RECORD Name: Matthew Ryan Matulich Hometown: Buras, Louisiana Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested: April 25, 2024 Charge: Theft of Government Property Disposition: Pleaded guilty. Sentenced Sept. 5, 2024, to 90 days incarceration. Full pardon Jan. 20, 2025. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: court trackers list this case as docketed 1:24-cr-00272 (D.D.C.); not independently confirmed against the sealed docket. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.