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Robert Morss is a U.S. Army Ranger who deployed to Afghanistan three times, then came home to western Pennsylvania and taught American history to high school students. Ranger scroll. Chalkboard. Same man. WHO HE IS FACT - Morss served with the 2nd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, and completed three combat tours in Afghanistan (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Stars and Stripes). FACT - At the time of his arrest he was working as a part-time history teacher in the Shaler Area School District, just north of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (CBS News Pittsburgh; Patch). DOCUMENTED INFERENCE - Two of the hardest volunteer jobs in America are the Ranger Regiment in wartime and a public high school classroom. Robert Morss took both, by his late twenties. Whatever anyone thinks about January 6, that service happened first, and it is real, and no headline erases it. THE LEGAL FIGHT FACT - Morss was arrested June 11, 2021 and ordered held in pretrial detention while his case was pending (Stars and Stripes, December 2021). He spent roughly two years behind bars before he was ever sentenced. FACT - After a stipulated bench trial, he was found guilty on August 23, 2022 of robbery, assaulting or resisting officers with a dangerous weapon, and obstruction of an official proceeding. Remaining counts were dismissed on the government motion. FACT - On May 24, 2023, U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden sentenced him to 66 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and $2,000 restitution. FACT - On January 20, 2025, Robert Morss received a full and unconditional presidential pardon for his January 6 conviction. The DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney lists him among pardon-certificate recipients. He is a pardoned January 6 defendant, and the pardon is the last word the courts will have on this case. Charges are charges. Convictions are convictions. A pardon is a pardon. All three are in this record, and none of them is the whole man. CASE RECORD Name: Robert Morss Case number: 1:21-cr-40 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge: Trevor N. McFadden Arrest: June 11, 2021 Verdict: Guilty, stipulated bench trial, August 23, 2022 Sentence: May 24, 2023 - 66 months Clemency: Full pardon, January 20, 2025 DOJ case page: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/moors-robert Search terms people use to find this page: Robert Morss January 6, Robert Morss pardon, Army Ranger January 6 defendant, Shaler Pennsylvania J6, pardoned January 6 veteran. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you - or your family - claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
1:21-cr-40
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Judge
Trevor N. McFadden
Prosecutor
Kimberly Paschall and DOJ prosecution team
Defense attorney
John C. Kiyonaga
Disposition
Arrested June 11, 2021. After a stipulated bench trial, found guilty August 23, 2022 of robbery, assaulting/resisting/impeding officers with a dangerous weapon, and obstruction of an official proceeding. Sentenced May 24, 2023 to 66 months imprisonment, 24 months supervised release, and $2,000 restitution; remaining counts dismissed on the government's motion. Granted a full January 6 pardon on January 20, 2025 and listed by the Office of the Pardon Attorney as a pardon-certificate recipient.
Arrested
June 11, 2021
Sentenced
May 24, 2023

Charges

  • Robbery within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States and aiding and abetting — 18 U.S.C. §§ 2111 and 2
  • Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers with a dangerous weapon and aiding and abetting — 18 U.S.C. §§ 111(a)(1), 111(b), and 2
  • Obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting — 18 U.S.C. §§ 1512(c)(2) and 2

Sentence

66 months imprisonment; 24 months supervised release; $2,000 restitution.

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Connection to United States v. Nichols

Robert Morss appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 20 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.

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Evidence on file

20 documents on file

Ryan6 documents in 1 item

Ryan Nichols' own paperwork — grievances, motions, letters, cell notes.

Robert A. Morss — gen-pop placement and 17-day 23-and-1

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Robert A. Morss — gen-pop placement and 17-day 23-and-1

Detailed account from fellow J6 detainee Robert A Morss (Political Prisoner #377890) of conditions at DC Jail. On 7/12-13 placed in General Population "accidentally" - threatened to be stabbed, beaten, raped through ventilation shaft due to skin color, political orientation, alleged J6 conduct. Sgt Williams Jr rushed to extract him. 4 days no shower. 17 days 23-and-1 confinement with multiple days never leaving cell. Quarantine riot. Forced to bathe in sink, 72 hours no rec. Lost 20 lbs - commissary never came/mostly stolen.

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Co-detainee4 documents

Corroborating witness statements and letters from fellow January 6 detainees.

Court1 document

Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.

Govt response7 documents

Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.

News1 document

Press coverage.

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Other documents on file.