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Michael Oliveras
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageMichael Oliveras is a New Jersey man who insisted on his day in court. No quiet plea. No deal. He walked away from a plea agreement and put his case in front of a jury, knowing exactly what that risk meant. FACT: Michael Oliveras withdrew from a plea deal and took his January 6 case to trial. (AOL/CBS coverage) FACT: A jury found him guilty of felony assault and obstruction charges. (DOJ, U.S. Attorney for D.C.) FACT: In October 2024 he was sentenced to five years in prison. (DOJ; Hoodline, 10/2024) FACT: Months later, the January 20, 2025 presidential clemency proclamation ended January 6 sentences, including his. Michael Oliveras bet on a jury of his peers, lost at trial, and was freed by the clemency order within months. Few January 6 defendants held out longer for a verdict. CASE RECORD Name: Michael Oliveras Case number: 1:21-mj-00688, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested 12/9/2021. Convicted at trial. Sentenced October 2024 to five years. DOJ record: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/oliveras-michael This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.
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On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-mj-00688
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 12/9/2021
- Arrested
- December 9, 2021
Press & news
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/nj-man-guilty-felony-assault-and-obstruction-charges-january-6-capitol-breach →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/new-jersey-man-sentenced-five-years-prison-assaulting-law-enforcement-and-other-charges →
- https://hoodline.com/2024/10/new-jersey-man-sentenced-to-five-years-for-assault-on-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach/ →
- https://gothamist.com/news/new-york-new-jersey-man-charged-for-role-in-jan-6-riots-officials-announce →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Michael Oliveras appears in the record of United States v. Nichols. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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