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Melody Steele-Smith
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Melody Steele-Smith is a Gloucester, Virginia woman who news coverage of her case describes as a military veteran. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: the branch of service and years served have not been confirmed by Ryan's team; local reporting identifies her only as "a Virginia veteran" without further detail. If you can confirm her service record, claiming this profile lets you add it. FACT: Steele-Smith was arrested January 20, 2021, indicted February 3, and arraigned February 12, where she pleaded not guilty to all counts. FACT: She changed her plea to guilty on November 1, 2022, to one misdemeanor count of entering and remaining in a restricted building. THEIR ACCOUNT: she has stated publicly that photos used against her in the case were staged. A veteran's case, a misdemeanor plea, and a story that is not finished being told. That is where the record on Melody Steele-Smith stands today. CASE RECORD: United States v. Steele-Smith, 1:21-cr-77, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
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
Press & news
- https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/crime/gloucester-guilty-plea-capitol-riot-melody-steele-smith-nancy-pelosi/291-007c2ae0-ed9b-467d-b44a-23c442a2efba →
- https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/i-hope-they-come-for-me-doj-wants-60-days-in-prison-for-virginia-veteran-who-entered-speakers-office-melody-steele-smith-gloucester/65-b9b176fd-0c69-4c71-be97-51096c9f3383 →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
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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