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Peter J. Schwartz, also publicly known as Pete Schwartz, is an Owensboro, Kentucky, native and a welder by trade. Public reporting states that he worked as a traveling welder in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, before his arrest. CASE RECORD Schwartz was arrested on February 4, 2021. A jury returned verdicts on December 6, 2022 in United States v. Schwartz, No. 1:21-cr-00178 (D.D.C.). On May 5, 2023, U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta sentenced him to 170 months of imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and $2,000 restitution. The Justice Department reported nine felony and two misdemeanor convictions. Descriptions of the underlying January 6 conduct on this page are attributed to the jury record, the Justice Department, or the later appellate opinion; they are not statements about Schwartz's character. APPELLATE RECORD On January 17, 2025, the D.C. Circuit decided the consolidated appeals reported as United States v. Brown, 125 F.4th 1186 (D.C. Cir. 2025). The court vacated Schwartz's obstruction conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2) after Fischer v. United States and remanded for resentencing. It separately held that law enforcement violated the Fifth Amendment by compelling Schwartz to unlock his cellphone. The court sent the judgment back for the district court to determine which, if any, remaining counts were affected by evidence obtained from the phone. The court denied his other appellate claims. CLEMENCY On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump's January 6 proclamation granted full pardons to covered people other than the 14 named commutation recipients. Schwartz was covered by the pardon and released from custody. The pardon and the appellate vacatur are separate legal events: the court vacated the obstruction count and identified a constitutional violation; the President later exercised the pardon power over the qualifying January 6 convictions. ARCHIVE STATUS This profile preserves court holdings, government descriptions, and editorial analysis as separate categories. The archive still seeks the native sentencing record, post-opinion mandate and district-court docket entries, a pardon certificate issued specifically in Schwartz's name, a verified post-release interview, and an authentic photograph with documented provenance and reuse permission. This profile is unclaimed. Schwartz or an authorized representative may claim it without charge and submit corrections, firsthand context, records, and a replacement photograph for verification.