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Michael Asbury
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageMichael Asbury is a Knoxville man, East Tennessee, arrested in Lenoir City. Smoky Mountain country. That is his home ground. Hometown: Knoxville, Tennessee, arrested in Lenoir City, Loudon County. FACT, per WBIR and WATE. Here is the record. The government waited two and a half years. A complaint against Michael Asbury was filed June 27, 2023, and he was arrested June 28, 2023. He was later convicted on a felony count and sentenced to four months in prison. FACT, per the DOJ press release, WBIR, and WATE. Four months. That is the sentence the court imposed. Everything else in the file was charges, and charges are charges. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. WBIR reported that all seven East Tennesseans charged in the January 6 cases, Michael Asbury among them, were covered. FACT, per WBIR. THE CASE RECORD Case 23-mj-00146, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Docket, as recorded: Complaint filed 06/27/2023. Arrested 06/28/2023. DOJ page: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/asbury-michael This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
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On the record
- Case number
- 23-mj-00146
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Complaint Filed - 06/27/2023 Arrested - 06/28/2023
- Arrested
- June 28, 2023
Press & news
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/asbury-michael →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/tennessee-man-arrested-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges-actions-during-jan-6-capitol-breach →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/tennessee-man-sentenced-felony-charge-actions-during-jan-6-capitol-breach-0 →
- https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/lenoir-city-man-michael-asbury-arrested-for-capitol-riot/51-7c46e48a-2bf6-46fc-9527-37a3cad2728f →
- https://www.wate.com/news/crime/knoxville-man-sentenced-in-jan-6-felony-case/ →
- https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/7-east-tennesseans-charged-jan-6-insurrection-theyve-been-pardoned/51-29ac59ca-90aa-4ddb-9aa4-95266c547118 →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Michael Asbury appears in the record of United States v. Nichols. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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