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Michael Jerrett Amos

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Michael Jerrett Amos is a Naples, Florida man from Collier County, and the single most important fact on this page is that he was never convicted of anything. He pleaded NOT GUILTY to every count. The case ended without a trial, without a verdict, and without a conviction. WHO HE IS FACT: Michael Jerrett Amos lists Naples, Florida as home. He was arrested on June 28, 2024, in Fort Myers, Florida, and made his initial appearance in the Middle District of Florida. (NPR Jan. 6 Archive; charging document, D.D.C. docket 270065) FACT: He was charged three and a half years after January 6, 2021, in one of the final waves of arrests before the 2024 election. THE CHARGES, AS CHARGES CHARGE ONLY: Michael Amos was charged with civil disorder, assaulting officers using a dangerous weapon, and five other counts. Prosecutors alleged he was on the West Plaza with a flagpole and a canister, and that he sprayed it toward officers at about 2:12 p.m. FACT: Those are allegations from a criminal complaint, and a complaint is not evidence. Michael Jerrett Amos was never tried. No jury ever heard the case. No judge ever entered a finding of guilt. He is presumed innocent of every count, and he always was. HIS LEGAL FIGHT FACT: Amos pleaded NOT GUILTY to all charges. He took no plea deal and conceded nothing. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions, and NPR's archive records Michael Jerrett Amos as PARDONED. On January 23, 2025, the court ordered the case dismissed. He was never convicted and never sentenced. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:24-mj-00209, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested June 28, 2024, in Fort Myers, Florida. Home of record: Naples, Florida. Docket: not guilty plea to all counts; pardoned January 20, 2025; case dismissed January 23, 2025; no conviction, no sentence. Charging document: CourtListener RECAP, D.D.C. docket 270065. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: No occupation, service record, interview, or support page for Michael Jerrett Amos of Naples, Florida has been located and verified. If you have them, this profile can carry them. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
1:24-mj-00209
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Arrested 6/28/2024 in Fort Myers, FL. Pleaded not guilty to all charges. On 1/23/2025 the court ordered the case dismissed. Pardoned January 20, 2025. No conviction.
Arrested
June 28, 2024

Charges

  • Civil Disorder
  • Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers using a Dangerous Weapon
  • Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon
  • Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon
  • Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon
  • Disorderly Conduct in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
  • Acts of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings

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