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Michael Haltom

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Michael Haltom is a Norwalk, California man. Norwalk is a working city in southeast Los Angeles County, and he was 43 years old when federal agents came for him three years after January 6, 2021. Three years. He lived his life in Norwalk for three years before the government came knocking. CHARGE ONLY / NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: In January 2024, Michael Haltom was arrested and charged with two felonies, civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding, along with eight misdemeanor counts tied to conduct on Capitol grounds. Prosecutors alleged he was among the earliest people at the Senate Wing Door and that he waved others forward. These are allegations in a charging document. They were never tested by a jury and never proven. Michael Haltom is presumed innocent of every count. (ABC7 Los Angeles; CBS News Los Angeles) FACT: Haltom was never convicted. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions, and the case against him ended without a trial and without a verdict. Charged is not convicted. An allegation is not a finding. The record on Michael Haltom closed with no jury ever hearing a word of it. THE CASE RECORD U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested January 2024. Case terminated following the January 20, 2025 clemency. If you have the docket number or the charging documents for this case, send them in and this page gets corrected the same day. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.

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