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Michael Picciuto

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Michael Picciuto is a young man from Kirtland, Ohio, out in Lake County east of Cleveland. He was 25 years old when federal agents came for him. FACT, per Northeast Ohio local reporting. He was 22 on January 6, 2021. He carried an American flag into that building. Kirtland is a small city. Everybody knows everybody. Michael Picciuto grew up there. THE LEGAL FIGHT The arrest came on January 30, 2024. Three years and three weeks after January 6. FACT. The government charged him with two felonies, civil disorder and destruction or injury to buildings or property in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction, plus seven misdemeanors. The allegations included resisting officers clearing a hallway, making contact with officers, and damaging Associated Press media equipment. CHARGE ONLY. He was presumed innocent on every count. He was released on a $20,000 bond. FACT. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. The final disposition of Michael Picciuto's case is NEEDS AUTHENTICATION. If you hold the judgment or the dismissal order, send it. THE CASE RECORD Case 1:24-mj-33-GMH. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey. Complaint and statement of facts filed January 29, 2024. Arrested January 30, 2024 in Lake County, Ohio. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE Michael Picciuto was never convicted of anything in this record. These were charges, not verdicts. He was not accused of carrying a weapon. He was not accused of injuring anyone. The property count involved camera equipment, not the building itself. Three years. A 22-year-old kid with a flag. Show me the evidence. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
1:24-mj-33-GMH
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Arrested
January 30, 2024

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