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Mitchell Paul Vukich

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Mitchell Paul Vukich is a western Pennsylvania guy from New Brighton, Beaver County, who drove down from the Pittsburgh area on January 6 and came home with the lightest kind of federal case there is. Here are the receipts. FACT: Prosecutors themselves acknowledged the evidence showed Mitchell Vukich was not involved in any violence on January 6. None. FACT: The core of the case? Cameras caught him and a friend picking up loose papers from the floor of an abandoned Capitol hallway — papers he later threw away. He told the FBI about it himself. FACT: He was charged with exactly one misdemeanor — parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building (40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(G)). No assault. No destruction. Nothing more. FACT: He took responsibility. Pleaded guilty September 15, 2021. Sentenced January 5, 2022 to 30 days, $500 restitution, and a $10 assessment. He served it and went home. FACT: On January 20, 2025, Mitchell Vukich received a full pardon under the presidential clemency proclamation. One misdemeanor. Thirty days. Full pardon. That is the entire court record for Mitchell Paul Vukich of New Brighton, Pennsylvania. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-cr-00539-TSC, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested June 23, 2021. Guilty plea September 15, 2021. Sentenced January 5, 2022. Pardoned January 20, 2025. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
1:21-cr-00539-TSC
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Judge
Tanya S. Chutkan
Disposition
Arrested June 23, 2021. Criminal information filed August 25, 2021. Pleaded guilty September 15, 2021 to one misdemeanor count under 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(G). Sentenced January 5, 2022 to 30 days’ incarceration, $500 restitution, and a $10 special assessment. Granted a full pardon under the January 20, 2025 proclamation.
Arrested
June 23, 2021
Plea
September 15, 2021
Sentenced
January 5, 2022

Charges

  • Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority
  • Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds
  • Theft of Government Money, Property or Records
  • Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds
  • Parading, Demonstrating or Picketing in a Capitol Building

Sentence

30 days’ incarceration; $500 restitution; $10 special assessment

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Connection to United States v. Nichols

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Court1 document

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Govt response2 documents

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