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Robert Gieswein

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Robert Gieswein was 21 years old and living in Woodland Park, Colorado, a small mountain town up near Pikes Peak, when he became one of the most photographed faces of January 6, 2021. We are going to give it to you straight, because that is the only way this record means anything. Gieswein was charged with some of the most serious counts in the entire January 6 docket, including assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon. He pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon. The rest of the original charges, including the obstruction and destruction of property counts, were dismissed as part of that plea. On June 23, 2023, he was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison, three years of supervised release, $2,000 in restitution, and a $200 special assessment. We could not find any confirmed reporting on Robert Gieswein's life since his release, no business, no ministry, no family statement we can put a name and a source to. Press coverage from Colorado at the time reported that he had ties to a local militia-associated group. That is what the reporting says; it is not this record's job to decide what was in a 21 year old's heart that day. Here is what the record does show, without spin. He was young. He admitted to the two counts he pleaded to. He did not fight the plea and drag out the case for years. He served the sentence a federal judge handed down. On January 20, 2025, Robert Gieswein received a full presidential pardon. THE RECORD Name: Robert Gieswein Hometown: Woodland Park, Colorado Plea: Guilty to two counts of Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon Sentence: 48 months incarceration; 3 years supervised release; $2,000 restitution; $200 special assessment Clemency: Full pardon, January 20, 2025 Sources: Federal charging document; Colorado Public Radio; U.S. Department of Justice What this does not prove: it does not erase the two counts he admitted to, and this record will not pretend otherwise. What it does prove: he was 21, he served his full sentence, and a presidential pardon closed the book on January 20, 2025. This is the record, the whole record, not the part that is easy to say. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.