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Patrick Edward McCaughey III

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Patrick Edward McCaughey III is a Ridgefield, Connecticut man. He was 22 years old on January 6, 2021, and 27 when he walked out of a federal prison in Ohio and drove home to his mother in Connecticut. At his sentencing, the people who actually know Patrick McCaughey filed character letters describing him as selfless, a word that made it into the headlines. [FACT, WUSA9] Family and neighbors stood up for him in open court. That is worth recording alongside everything else. His mother spoke to CT Insider the morning he was released and said he was on his way home. [FACT, CT Insider via Wilton Bulletin] His trial attorney, Lindy Urso of Connecticut, stayed with the case start to finish. [FACT, CT Mirror] THE LEGAL FIGHT Patrick McCaughey III was arrested January 19, 2021, thirteen days after January 6, and indicted January 29, 2021. The government filed multiple superseding indictments through 2021. [FACT, DOJ] He went to trial. After a bench trial, on September 13, 2022 he was found guilty of nine offenses, seven felonies and two misdemeanors. [FACT, DOJ and CBS News] In April 2023, U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden sentenced him to seven and a half years. [FACT, CNN] In court, Patrick McCaughey told the judge his actions that day would remain the greatest embarrassment of his life. [THEIR ACCOUNT, quoted in CNN and CBS coverage of the sentencing] He said it himself, on the record, before anyone pardoned anything. THE CLEMENCY On January 20, 2025, a presidential proclamation granted full pardons for offenses related to events at or near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, covering these convictions. Patrick McCaughey was released from federal custody the following day and returned to Ridgefield, Connecticut. [FACT, News 12 Connecticut and CT Mirror] CASE RECORD Case number: 1:21-cr-40 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested: January 19, 2021. Indicted: January 29, 2021, with superseding indictments 3/3/2021, 4/16/2021, 6/16/2021, and 8/4/2021 Disposition: Found guilty 9/13/2022 on nine counts (seven felonies, two misdemeanors); sentenced April 2023 to 90 months; full January 6 pardon 1/20/2025; released 1/21/2025 DOJ: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/mccaughey-patrick NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: Patrick Edward McCaughey III's trade, schooling, and work history in Ridgefield, Connecticut are not yet documented on this page. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.