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Riley Kasper
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageRiley Kasper is a young man from Pulaski, Wisconsin, a small town just northwest of Green Bay, who was in his early twenties when January 6, 2021 changed the course of his life. His case moved from the north woods of Wisconsin to a federal courtroom in Washington, and then, four years later, to a presidential pardon. THE LEGAL FIGHT FACT: Riley Kasper was arrested March 16, 2022 in Ashland, Wisconsin on a federal complaint filed the day before. (Source: DOJ, Northern News Now) FACT: On September 15, 2023 he pleaded guilty to one felony count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, resolving the case without trial. (Source: DOJ press release) FACT: He was sentenced to 37 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and $2,000 restitution. (Source: DOJ press release) FACT: On January 20, 2025 the presidential clemency proclamation covering January 6 cases granted a full pardon in this matter. (Source: White House proclamation) He took the plea, paid the restitution, and served his time. The pardon closed the case. That is the court record for Riley Kasper of Pulaski, Wisconsin. CASE RECORD Case number: 1:22-mj-64 (later 1:22-cr-256), U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Complaint: March 15, 2022. Arrested: March 16, 2022. Guilty plea: September 15, 2023. Clemency: January 20, 2025. DOJ page: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/kasper-riley This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.
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On the record
- Case number
- 1:22-mj-64
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Complaint filed 3/15/22. Arrested 3/16/22.
- Arrested
- March 16, 2022
Press & news
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/ →
- https://www.northernnewsnow.com/2022/03/17/man-arrested-ashland-accused-pepper-spraying-officers-during-jan-6-capitol-insurrection/ →
- https://www.nbc26.com/news/local-news/pulaski-man-charged-in-jan-6-capitol-breach-accused-of-using-pepper-spray-on-officers →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/wisconsin-man-sentenced-prison-assaulting-police-chemical-bear-spray-during-jan-6 →
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