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Melody Steele-Smith
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Melody Steele-Smith 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-77 — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Charges, per the DOJ record: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Entering and Remaining in Certain Rooms in the Capitol Building; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building. The docket, as recorded: Arrested 1/20/21. Indicted 2/3/21 and arraigned on 2/12/21 where she pleaded not guilty to all counts. Pleaded guilty 11/1/22. 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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On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-77
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 1/20/21. Indicted 2/3/21 and arraigned on 2/12/21 where she pleaded not guilty to all counts. Pleaded guilty 11/1/22.
- Arrested
- January 20, 2021
- Plea
- November 1, 2022
Charges
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Entering and Remaining in Certain Rooms in the Capitol Building; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building
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Melody Steele-Smith appears in the record of United States v. Nichols. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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