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Richard Avirett

January 6 case-file subject and U.S. Marine Corps veteran

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Richard Avirett’s January 6 profile documents D.D.C. case 1:23-cr-00191-JEB, his 2023 arrest, misdemeanor plea, 30-day sentence, full pardon, and verified post-pardon public statements. CASE OVERVIEW Richard Avirett is a Florida native, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and January 6 defendant whose federal case was assigned to Judge James E. Boasberg in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The archived Department of Justice index identifies a complaint dated January 19, 2023 and links a complaint and FBI statement of facts. The native DOJ PDFs remain capture targets, so this profile describes their contents only through the preserved DOJ index and corroborating reporting. The complaint alleged five misdemeanor offenses: entering or remaining in restricted grounds, disorderly or disruptive conduct in restricted grounds, entering or remaining in certain Capitol rooms, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. These were government allegations at the charging stage, not independent findings by this archive. A Cleveland, Georgia, police officer took Avirett into local custody on February 11, 2023 after a license-plate alert identified an active federal warrant. Local reporting states that the FBI assumed custody on February 13 and that no local charges were filed. The profile preserves both dates rather than collapsing the local stop and federal transfer into a single event. PLEA, SENTENCE, AND DISPOSITION Court-record summaries identify the criminal case as United States v. Avirett, No. 1:23-cr-00191-JEB. Avirett later pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building under 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(G). The other complaint counts were dismissed. The exact plea date and native plea papers remain pending capture and are not inferred here. On January 4, 2024, Judge Boasberg sentenced Avirett to 30 days of incarceration, a $10 special assessment, and $500 restitution. A preserved government sentencing table shows that prosecutors requested 45 days of incarceration and a $500 fine, while the court imposed the 30-day custodial sentence and $500 restitution. A sentence records a legal disposition; it is not treated here as proof of Avirett’s moral character. PARDON RECORD On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Proclamation 10887, granting a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to covered January 6 defendants other than the fourteen people whose sentences were specifically commuted. The DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists “AVIRETT, RICHARD” among people who requested and were issued a pardon certificate. The individual certificate binary remains pending capture. FIRSTHAND AND POST-PARDON PUBLIC RECORD In a February 11, 2025 local profile, Avirett described his plan to transform his Clarkesville business into a café and live-entertainment venue. The publisher identified him as a Marine veteran who served in multiple combat zones during the 1990s and later worked in the security industry. His statements about the business, its customers, and his goals are preserved as attributed firsthand comments, not as court findings. A March 10, 2025 follow-up reported the opening of 1442 Cocktails and Café and included additional attributed statements from Avirett about rebuilding the business and creating a welcoming community venue. The archive links these sources because they document his public life after the prosecution and pardon. Publisher photographs are retained only as provenance leads; no image has been copied or assigned to this profile because lawful reuse rights were not verified. FACTUAL FAQ What was Richard Avirett’s federal case number? United States v. Avirett, No. 1:23-cr-00191-JEB, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Was Richard Avirett convicted on every complaint count? No. Available court-record summaries state that he pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count under 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(G) and that the remaining complaint counts were dismissed. What sentence did the court impose? On January 4, 2024, the court imposed 30 days of incarceration, a $10 special assessment, and $500 restitution. Was he pardoned or merely released? The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full pardon to covered convicted defendants outside the fourteen named commutations, and the Office of the Pardon Attorney expressly lists AVIRETT, RICHARD as a certificate recipient. Why are two arrest dates shown? Local police took Avirett into custody during a traffic stop on February 11, 2023. Reporting states that the FBI picked him up on February 13. The first date records local custody; the second records the federal transfer. Are photographs available for this profile? Local reporting contains identifiable photographs, including a booking image and later business photographs. They have not been reused because original-file provenance and a lawful reuse basis were not verified. SOURCE AND EDITORIAL BOUNDARIES Government allegations, defense positions, judicial outcomes, clemency records, publisher descriptions, and Avirett’s attributed statements are labeled separately. The site’s editorial position may describe January 6 defendants as victims of alleged or documented Biden-era DOJ weaponization. That analysis is distinct from the sourced procedural record and does not replace or erase material facts. CASE NEXUS AND ARCHIVE CONNECTIONS Related records include the [January 6 clemency proclamation](/case/documents/richard-avirett-january-6-clemency-proclamation), the [DOJ pardon-recipient entry](/case/documents/richard-avirett-pardon-certificate-recipient-record), the [archived complaint record](/case/documents/richard-avirett-criminal-complaint-2023-01-19), the [FBI statement-of-facts record](/case/documents/richard-avirett-fbi-statement-of-facts-2023-01-19), the [central timeline](/case/timeline), and [Donald J. Trump’s archive profile](/case/people/donald-j-trump). EVIDENCE SUBMISSION PRIORITIES The archive is seeking the native complaint and affidavit, complete RECAP or PACER docket, plea agreement, statement of offense, plea transcript, sentencing memoranda, signed judgment, Bureau of Prisons custody records, individual pardon certificate, authenticated firsthand interview media, and a photograph with documented provenance and reuse authorization. Readers may submit records or corrections through the [evidence intake page](/case/submit). IMAGE STATUS No portrait is assigned. A future image should identify Avirett accurately, document the original publisher or owner, establish a lawful reuse basis, and use descriptive alt text such as “Richard Avirett speaking inside his Clarkesville community café after his January 6 pardon.”