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Nicholas Waldon Smotherman

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Nicholas Waldon Smotherman is a Middle Tennessee man out of Mt. Juliet, in Wilson County, east of Nashville. Here is what the record actually says about Nicholas Smotherman, and exactly where his fight stands. No guessing, no filler. FACT: Smotherman was arrested by the FBI on August 2, 2024, more than three and a half years after January 6, 2021 (WSMV, Nashville, August 2, 2024). FACT: He is from Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, in Wilson County (WSMV). FACT: He entered a guilty plea on December 17, 2024, in U.S. District Court to a felony count of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers, with sentencing then set for April 2025. FACT: On January 20, 2025, a presidential proclamation granted clemency in the January 6 cases, before that sentencing date arrived. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: How the January 20, 2025 clemency was applied to this specific docket is not confirmed in the public reporting we have located. If you have the docket entry, send it and we will post it with receipts. Mt. Juliet is a small city with a big front porch. That is where Nicholas Waldon Smotherman is from, and that is how his neighbors know him. CASE RECORD Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested: August 2, 2024 Guilty plea: December 17, 2024 This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.

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