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Michael Gwynn McCormick

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Michael Gwynn McCormick is an Orange, California man whose entire January 6 case came down to one misdemeanor, parading in a Capitol building. FACT: No assault charge. No property destruction charge. Michael pleaded guilty on July 18, 2022 to a single count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building, after being arrested November 18, 2021 and charged by information December 3, 2021. FACT: On December 20, 2022 he was sentenced to 14 days of incarceration, a $1,000 fine, and $500 restitution, one of the lighter outcomes on the entire January 6 docket, a fact noted in nationwide roundups of January 6 sentences (Newsweek). FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump's clemency proclamation pardoned January 6 convictions, including this one. FACT: DOJ's own defendant page for Michael Gwynn McCormick lists the single count and the sentence, with no allegation of assault, no allegation of property destruction, and no superseding indictment ever filed against him, a short and simple record compared to many others on this archive. WHERE THINGS STAND: For Michael Gwynn McCormick of Orange, California, the court record starts and ends with a walk through the building, two weeks, a fine, and done. No felony, no violence charge, no destruction, just the lightest count on the books and a short stay. If this is Michael or his family, claiming this page is free, and the rest of the story, work, family, community, is welcome here. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-cr-710, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested November 18, 2021. Information filed December 3, 2021. Pleaded guilty July 18, 2022. Sentenced December 20, 2022 to 14 days incarceration, $1,000 fine, $500 restitution. Pardoned January 20, 2025. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.