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Michael Lee Hardin

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Michael Lee Hardin carried a badge. Before January 6 ever happened, he served as a police officer with the Salt Lake City Police Department. He lives in Kaysville, Utah. [FACT - Deseret News and KSL, April 2 2021] A cop. Then a defendant. Same man. WHO HE IS Michael Lee Hardin was 50 years old at the time of his arrest. Kaysville, Utah. After his law enforcement career he moved into the financial services world and was reported to be working as a senior marketing manager at Transamerica Financial Advisors. [NEEDS AUTHENTICATION - reported by Deseret News from a public LinkedIn profile, not confirmed by Hardin] Utah man. First responder background. That is the man behind the case number. HIS LEGAL FIGHT Michael Lee Hardin was arrested April 2, 2021. The government charged him by information with four misdemeanors: entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. [CHARGE ONLY - DOJ case record 1:21-cr-280] He was arraigned April 14, 2021 and pleaded not guilty to counts one through four. He later pleaded guilty on January 21, 2022. [FACT - DOJ case record] On April 11, 2022 he was sentenced to 18 months of probation including 30 days of home detention, 60 hours of community service, and $500 restitution. No prison term. [FACT - DOJ case record] Misdemeanors. Probation. Community service. That is the whole of it. Anybody telling you different is not reading the docket. In August 2022 he asked the court to end his probation early. [FACT - Deseret News, August 25 2022] CLEMENCY The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full, complete and unconditional pardon to individuals convicted of offenses related to the events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and directed dismissal of pending cases. [FACT - Federal Register 2025-01950] Michael Lee Hardin's misdemeanor conviction falls within the class described in that proclamation. [DOCUMENTED INFERENCE - individual docket entry NEEDS AUTHENTICATION] THE CASE RECORD Name: Michael Lee Hardin Case number: 1:21-cr-280 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested: April 2, 2021. Information filed April 5, 2021. Arraigned April 14, 2021, pleaded not guilty to counts 1-4. Pleaded guilty January 21, 2022. Sentenced April 11, 2022: 18 months probation, 30 days home detention, $500 restitution, 60 hours community service. DOJ record: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/hardin-michael-lee WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE Nothing in this profile alleges violence by Michael Lee Hardin. The court record shows misdemeanors and a probationary sentence. It shows nothing more than that. WHAT IT DOES PROVE A man from Kaysville, Utah who once answered calls for other people ended up on the other side of the table. He pleaded, he served his probation, and he is entitled to have his record read accurately. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.