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Nicholas James Brockhoff

Pardoned January 6 defendant

Nicholas James Brockhoff, identified by the FBI as AFO number 255, in an archived January 6 evidence frameDocumented editorial-use image
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Nicholas James Brockhoff is one of the 1,571 January 6 defendants indexed in this archive — preserved from the DOJ Capitol Breach case list this site mirrored after the government scrubbed it from justice.gov. Case 21-cr-524 — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Charges, per the DOJ record: Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding certain officers or employeed in the performance of the duties; Use of a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Obstruction of Law Enforcement during Civil Disorder; Knowingly Enterin or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds without Lawful Authority; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Knowingly Engages in Act of Physical Violence in the Grounds or any of the Capitol Buildings; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. The docket, as recorded: Arrested 5/27/21. Initial appearance 6/23/21. Indicted 8/18/21. Arraigned and pleaded not guilty to all counts on 9/1/21. Superseding indictment filed 1/26/22. Pleaded guilty 10/27/22. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever. Organize the record, add your documents, and tell the story where no platform can bury it.

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Case number
21-cr-524
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Arrested 5/27/21. Initial appearance 6/23/21. Indicted 8/18/21. Arraigned and pleaded not guilty to all counts on 9/1/21. Superseding indictment filed 1/26/22. Pleaded guilty 10/27/22.
Arrested
May 27, 2021
Plea
October 27, 2022

Charges

  • Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding certain officers or employeed in the performance of the duties
  • Use of a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon
  • Obstruction of Law Enforcement during Civil Disorder
  • Knowingly Enterin or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds without Lawful Authority
  • Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds
  • Knowingly Engages in Act of Physical Violence in the Grounds or any of the Capitol Buildings
  • Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building

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