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Robert Scott Palmer

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Robert Scott Palmer is from the Tampa Bay area of Florida, Largo. On January 6, 2021, he was near the Lower West Terrace tunnel, one of the most violent chokepoints of the day. He threw a plank, emptied a fire extinguisher toward officers, then threw it. He pleaded guilty to assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to 63 months, at the time, the longest January 6 sentence handed down. [FACT, court record] Here is what does not always make the headline. At sentencing, Palmer told the court he was ashamed and said he had been misled about why he was there, that he believed lies about the election and regretted his own actions. That is his account, on the record, in his own words. [THEIR ACCOUNT, court proceedings] On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to the January 6 defendants, and Palmer's sentence was among those resolved. [FACT] A man who did real harm, owned it out loud, and served hard time. The record holds both truths. The record: pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon; sentenced to 63 months in prison, 36 months supervised release, and $2,000 restitution; granted clemency January 20, 2025. Case 1:21-cr-328, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.