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Paul Lovley

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Paul Lovley is a Maryland man who held a job at the National Security Agency, a young federal employee in his early twenties when his January 6 case began. He passed a federal background investigation and worked for the United States government. That is a fact worth keeping in the record. [FACT] HIS STORY Paul Lovley was a National Security Agency employee living in Maryland. [FACT, Fox News, The Hill and Associated Press reporting.] He was in his early twenties, one of five young men charged together over January 6, 2021. Before any of this he was a kid from Maryland who went to work for the country in one of the hardest agencies to get into. THE LEGAL FIGHT The record, plainly. [FACT, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, case 1:22-mj-203.] Criminal complaint filed September 12, 2022. Arrested September 19, 2022. Paul Lovley pleaded guilty on February 2, 2023 to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, a misdemeanor with a six-month maximum. He was sentenced to 14 days. [FACT, as reported by Fox News, The Hill and the Associated Press.] No felony. No assault charge. Fourteen days. JANUARY 20, 2025 On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued clemency covering the January 6 cases. [FACT] Paul Lovley had long since served his 14 days. [DOCUMENTED INFERENCE that the clemency reached this misdemeanor conviction, based on its sweep of the January 6 docket.] CASE RECORD Case number: 1:22-mj-203 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested: September 19, 2022 Pleaded guilty: February 2, 2023 DOJ docket page: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/lovley-paul-ewald Maryland. If you know Paul Lovley, his work and his family, add what belongs here. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
1:22-mj-203
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Complaint filed 9/12/22. Arrested 9/19/22. Pleaded guilty 2/2/23.
Arrested
September 19, 2022
Plea
February 2, 2023

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