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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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