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Robert Walter Jones
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Robert Walter Jones is a Santa Ynez, California man who stood beside his wife through a federal case and walked out of it with no prison time at all. His wife is Karen Jane Jones. She is a board member of the Santa Ynez Community Services District, the local district that handles water and sewer for her own small California town. She was serving her neighbors while the federal case was pending. [FACT: KEYT News Channel 3-12, September 5, 2024] They went to Washington together. They were charged together. They pleaded together. On May 30, 2024, Robert Walter Jones and Karen Jane Jones each pleaded guilty to one count under 18 U.S.C. 1752(a)(1), entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds. One count each. A misdemeanor. [FACT: KEYT, September 5, 2024; Noozhawk] In September 2024 each of them was sentenced to 36 months of probation, a $2,500 fine and $500 in restitution. No prison. No jail. [FACT: KEYT News Channel 3-12, September 5, 2024] Robert Walter Jones was not charged with violence. He was not charged with a weapon. The single count he pleaded to is the basic entry offense, and the sentence the court handed down says what the court thought of the conduct. [DOCUMENTED INFERENCE] Four months later, on January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. THE RECORD U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Guilty plea May 30, 2024 to one count of 18 U.S.C. 1752(a)(1). Sentenced September 2024 to 36 months probation, $2,500 fine, $500 restitution. The specific docket number for Robert Walter Jones is not yet recorded in this archive. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
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- https://syvnews.com/news/local/karen-jones-husband-robert-jones-face-federal-charges-in-1-6-u-s-capitol-riot/article_8fe47497-44ec-5864-bafc-e15a4ad49b92.html →
- https://www.noozhawk.com/santa-ynez-valley-couple-plead-guilty-to-federal-charge-in-breach-of-u-s-capitol/ →
- https://keyt.com/news/santa-maria-north-county/2024/09/05/santa-ynez-public-official-and-husband-sentenced-for-actions-at-u-s-capitol-on-january-6-2021/ →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
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