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Nicholas J. Perretta
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Nicholas Perretta is a Baden, Pennsylvania man who took responsibility early, did his 30 days, and got on with his life — and since January 20, 2025, his record carries a presidential pardon. FACT: Nicholas Perretta, then 27, of Baden in Beaver County, was inside the Capitol for about 25 minutes on January 6, 2021, alongside his longtime friend Mitchell Vukich (CNN; Law&Crime). No assault. No property destruction charged. Prosecutors' most dramatic detail: the two looked through papers already scattered on a hallway floor. The legal fight: arrested in June 2021, Perretta was charged by criminal information that August, entered a plea agreement on September 15, 2021, and pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. On January 5, 2022, he was sentenced to 30 days of incarceration, $500 restitution, and a $10 assessment (FACT: CNN; court record). He served his time and went home to Pennsylvania. On January 20, 2025, the presidential clemency proclamation pardoned January 6 convictions like his — closing Nicholas Perretta's case for good. Case record: Case No. 21-mj-490, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. DOJ defendant page: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/peretta-nicholas. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 21-mj-490
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 6/23. Initial appearance held 7/6. Charged via criminal information 8/25. Plea agreement entered 9/15 and pleaded guilty to count 1. Sentenced 1/5/22 to 30 days of incarceration, $500 restitution.
- 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 of incarceration, $500 restitution
Press & news
- https://insurrectionindex.org/records/person/nicholas-perretta/ →
- https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-siege/this-isnt-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-judge-punishes-pa-men-who-gathered-papers-from-abandoned-capitol-hallway-on-jan-6-with-time-behind-bars/ →
- https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/05/politics/capitol-riot-perretta-vukich/index.html →
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