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Michael T. Fagundes

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Michael T. Fagundes is a 49 year old man from Costa Mesa, California who was never convicted of anything. No plea. No trial. No verdict. The case against Michael Fagundes was dismissed with prejudice and it can never be brought back. WHAT THE RECORD SHOWS FACT: Michael T. Fagundes was arrested on October 8, 2024 in Costa Mesa, California. Three years and nine months after January 6, 2021. He had been living his life in Orange County that whole time. CHARGE ONLY: The government accused him of Civil Disorder, two counts of Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers, Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds, Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds, Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds, Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building, an Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings, and Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. Every one of those is an allegation. A charge is a piece of paper a prosecutor writes. It is not evidence and it is not a finding. FACT: On January 22, 2025, the court granted the government motion to dismiss the case with prejudice. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE Michael T. Fagundes of Costa Mesa, California is presumed innocent of every count listed above, and he always was. No court ever tested a single one of those allegations. He never admitted to one. The record is clean. If you ever see him described as a convicted January 6 rioter, that is false and the docket says so. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION We do not have his trade, his service record if he has one, his family, or anything in his own voice. Ten months of his life ran under a nine count federal indictment that died without a trial. He is entitled to tell that story himself. The photograph attached to this profile came in from a public archive and has not been authenticated as a dignified image he would choose. If it is not right, we will pull it the day he asks. CASE RECORD Jurisdiction: Federal, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested October 8, 2024 in Costa Mesa. No conviction entered. Dismissed with prejudice January 22, 2025. Charging document mirrored at CourtListener, linked on this page. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.