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Michael Eckerman

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Michael Eckerman is a Wichita, Kansas husband and father who went on local television nine months after January 6, 2021, looked into a camera, and said the same thing he has said ever since. "I never touched no cop. I never hurt nobody, I wasn't armed." He is the only one of the Kansas January 6 defendants who said it out loud, on the record, to a hometown newsroom. WHO HE IS FACT: Michael Eckerman is from Wichita, Kansas, and was 37 at the time of charging. (NPR Jan. 6 Archive; KCUR) FACT: He is a married man. When he was charged, his wife started a GoFundMe asking for help with legal fees and for prayers, and it was later taken down. That campaign is no longer active and is not linked here. (KAKE News, Wichita) THEIR ACCOUNT: Michael Eckerman sat for an interview with KAKE News in Wichita in September 2021 and said he went to Washington peacefully, that he was not armed, and that he never assaulted or touched an officer. His full statement to KAKE: "I never touched no cop. I never touched no cop. I never hurt nobody, I wasn't armed... I never hurt any cop. And that's really my main focus right now is I never did that." FACT: He was released on a $10,000 bond at his first appearance and showed up to every court date that followed. (KAKE News) THE CHARGES, AND WHAT THE COURT ACTUALLY DID CHARGE ONLY: Michael Eckerman was charged with eight counts, including civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, and entering and remaining on the floor of Congress. Prosecutors alleged he pushed an officer who then fell down a set of stairs. FACT: Seven of those eight charges were DISMISSED. He pleaded guilty to exactly one: assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers. The obstruction felony, the civil disorder count, and the floor of Congress count were all dropped. FACT: Sentenced March 8, 2023, to 20 months incarceration with credit for one day, 24 months of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and $2,000 in restitution. HIS LEGAL FIGHT FACT: Michael Eckerman went to federal prison. He served time. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. Michael Eckerman received a FULL PARDON. Not a commutation. A full pardon, which wiped the supervised release with it. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-cr-623, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Initially filed as 1:21-mj-602. Full docket caption 1:21-cr-00623. Arrested September 20, 2021, in Wichita, Kansas. Superseding indictment April 27, 2022. Guilty plea November 8, 2022. Sentenced March 8, 2023. Full pardon January 20, 2025. Filings: CourtListener RECAP, D.D.C. docket 236365. Archived DOJ defendant page preserved via the Wayback Machine. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: Michael Eckerman's trade or occupation has not been documented by this archive. No active fundraiser or verified self published social account has been located. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.