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Michael Foy
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Michael Foy is a Marine Corps veteran from Wixom, Michigan, in Oakland County. His service is part of the public record in coverage of his case (FACT, per Marine Corps Times). Here is the record, not spun. Foy was arrested January 21, 2021, and per the DOJ record was charged with civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, and assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon during the Capitol breach, serious felony charges (CHARGE ONLY as to the specific conduct alleged). He was indicted February 10, 2021 and pleaded not guilty at arraignment March 15, 2021. Michael Foy was convicted and, per Michigan and national reporting (NBC New York, Marine Corps Times, WHMI), sentenced in 2024 to just over three years in prison (THEIR ACCOUNT, per those outlets; this archive's own DOJ-sourced record has not yet logged the plea and sentencing dates directly, so treat the exact dates as NEEDS AUTHENTICATION pending docket confirmation). Click on Detroit reported Foy was released from prison January 21, 2025, the day after President Trump's clemency proclamation covered the January 6 prosecutions (FACT, per Click on Detroit). Case record: 1:21-cr-108, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested 1/21/21. Indicted 2/10/21. Arraigned 3/15/21. 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-108
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 1/21/21. Complaint filed 1/20. Indicted 2/10. Arraigned 3/15 where he pleaded not guilty to all counts. Status conference held 6/30 and judge granted motion for release. Status conference set for 8/2 at 12 pm. Defendant remains incarcerated.
- Arrested
- January 21, 2021
Charges
- Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; 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; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
Press & news
- https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/01/21/oakland-county-man-sentenced-in-jan-6-insurrection-released-from-prison/ →
- https://www.givesendgo.com/G25YQ →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/foy-michael-joseph →
- https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/veterans/2024/03/01/marine-vet-who-hit-police-with-hockey-stick-at-capitol-gets-3-years/ →
- https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/man-attacked-police-hockey-stick-capitol-riot-over-3-years-prison/5179831/ →
- https://www.whmi.com/news/article/wixom-man-sentenced-three-years-in-prison-for-role-in-jan-6 →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Michael Foy appears in the record of United States v. Nichols. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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