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Philip Anderson

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Philip Anderson is a 28-year-old man from Mesquite, Texas, and the United States government asked a federal court to dismiss his case with prejudice. With prejudice. That is the end of the road for a prosecution. It cannot be refiled. Ever. And the government is the one that asked. FACT. On January 22, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the government's motion to dismiss the case against Philip Anderson with prejudice. He was never convicted. A jury trial had been set to begin February 10, 2025. It never happened. Court-record derived, per the NPR Jan. 6 Archive case record. FACT. Before that, on December 20, 2024, the court dismissed the obstruction of an official proceeding charge against him. The felony that carried the most exposure was gone a month before the rest of the case was. FACT. Philip Anderson pleaded not guilty to every charge and never wavered. He took no plea. He admitted nothing. Source: federal case record. FACT. A complaint was filed August 23, 2023 and Anderson was arrested August 29, 2023 in Mesquite, Texas, in Dallas County. That is two years and seven months after January 6, 2021. Sources: The Dallas Morning News, CBS News Texas, FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth. CHARGE ONLY. The government charged obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading. All allegations. None proven. The case died before trial and the obstruction count died before that. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION. Philip Anderson was a public figure in Texas political circles before January 6 and had been assaulted at a rally in San Francisco months earlier, losing two front teeth, according to Dallas Morning News reporting. That is the kind of detail that gets scrambled between men with the same name, so this archive is putting it here labeled and sourced rather than stated flat. IDENTITY GUARD. Anderson is one of the most common surnames in America and there is more than one Anderson in the January 6 docket. Nothing on this page was attached unless the full name Philip Anderson and the hometown of Mesquite, Texas both matched. Court records list a District of Columbia case 1:24-cr-00115 and a prior magistrate case 1:23-mj-00233, both captioned United States v. Anderson, with filing dates consistent with this timeline. This archive has not confirmed the defendant's first name on those dockets, so the case_number field on this record is deliberately left blank rather than filled with a guess. What the record shows: a North Texas man who fought the charge, got the felony knocked out, and had the whole case dismissed with prejudice on the government's own motion. THE CASE RECORD United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Complaint filed August 23, 2023. Arrested August 29, 2023, Mesquite, Texas. Pleaded not guilty to all charges. Obstruction charge dismissed by the court December 20, 2024. Jury trial set for February 10, 2025. Case dismissed WITH PREJUDICE January 22, 2025 on the government's motion. Docket number not confirmed in this archive. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.