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Michael Tyler Roberts

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Michael Tyler Roberts is from Knoxville, Tennessee — 34 years old at the time of his arrest. [FACT / news reporting] On January 6, 2021, near the tunnel entrance, prosecutors said Roberts climbed over other people to reach a police line and grappled with officers. He pleaded guilty to a felony assault count and was sentenced to 15 months. [FACT — court record] On January 20, 2025, President Trump pardoned the January 6 defendants, and Roberts was among them. [FACT] An East Tennessee man who served his time. The record stands, and so does the fact that he is a whole person with a life beyond that day. The record: pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers; sentenced to 15 months in prison, 36 months supervised release, and $2,000 restitution; pardoned January 20, 2025. Case 23-mj-277, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
23-MJ-277
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Complaint Filed - 10/23/2023 Arrested - 11/01/2023

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