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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 Brockhoff is from Covington, Kentucky, across the river from Cincinnati. FACT: Arrested May 27, 2021. Indicted August 18, 2021, pleaded not guilty on all counts at arraignment September 1, 2021. Superseding indictment filed January 26, 2022. Pleaded guilty October 27, 2022. THEIR ACCOUNT: Local Cincinnati and Kentucky news covered the case, reporting it involved a fire extinguisher used against officers during the breach. FACT: Sentenced to three years in federal prison. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: whether the January 20, 2025 clemency for January 6 defendants applies to this case. Case: 21-cr-524, 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
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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