Public January 6 profile · ready to claim
Nathan Watts
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Nathan Watts is a Virginia man who walked around inside the Capitol for about fifteen minutes and got three years of probation for it. Fifteen minutes. Thirty six months. FACT, per federal court documents: Nathan Watts appears in surveillance and other video walking inside the U.S. Capitol for roughly fifteen minutes on January 6, 2021. Court records do not make clear how the FBI first came across him. Agents interviewed him in person in July 2021, identified him from video, and also found someone who knew him and confirmed the identification. FACT: he was arrested on February 28, 2023, more than two years after January 6, and about nineteen months after the FBI first sat down with him. That is worth sitting with. The government talked to Nathan Watts in July 2021 and then let him wait a year and a half before knocking. THE LEGAL FIGHT FACT: Watts pleaded guilty to one charge, parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. That is a petty offense with a six month maximum. The other three charges were dismissed. FACT: on September 29, 2023 he was sentenced to 36 months of probation, $500 in restitution, a $10 special assessment, a $300 fine, and 50 hours of community service. No incarceration. FACT: on January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. Nathan Watts received a full pardon. Three years of federal probation for the least serious offense on the January 6 menu. No felony. No assault. No weapon. He walked and he looked. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: this archive has found no reporting on Nathan Watts's hometown within Virginia, his trade, his service, or his family. The NPR January 6 archive lists his state as Virginia and no city. THE CASE RECORD Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested: February 28, 2023. Pleaded guilty to one petty offense. Sentenced September 29, 2023. Full pardon, January 20, 2025. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 2/28/2023. Pleaded guilty to one charge: Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. The other charges dismissed. Sentenced 9/29/2023. Full pardon January 20, 2025.
- Arrested
- February 28, 2023
- Sentenced
- September 29, 2023
Charges
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building or Grounds
- Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
Sentence
Sentenced 9/29/2023 to 36 months probation; $500 restitution; $10 special assessment; $300 fine; 50 hours community service. Full pardon January 20, 2025.
Public knowledge · no paywall
This profile is free for anyone to read.
Sign-in is only required to claim ownership, manage a claimed profile, or suggest a factual correction. Reading and sharing the public record never requires an account.
A free account is required for either action so submissions remain tied to a real person and can be reviewed.
Tap how this hits you — no signup, everyone sees the count
Connection to United States v. Nichols
Nathan Watts appears in the record of United States v. Nichols. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
Walk the whole case →Evidence on file
No scans linked yet
No scans linked to this entry yet. Curating is ongoing — check back.