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Robert Lee Petrosh Jr.

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Robert Lee Petrosh Jr. is a United States Marine Corps veteran from Mays Landing, in Atlantic County, New Jersey. He served. That comes first, because it happened first. Then came a Wednesday in Washington, a federal case, and ten days. Ten days. Not ten years. WHO HE IS FACT: Robert Lee Petrosh Jr. is from Mays Landing, New Jersey, in Atlantic County. The Press of Atlantic City, CBS Philadelphia, and Patch covered him as a Mays Landing man. FACT: He is a Marine veteran. WUSA9 reported his sentencing under the headline identifying him as a Marine vet. DOCUMENTED INFERENCE: He was identified to the FBI through a family conversation. The Washington Post, NBC News, The Daily Beast, and CBS Philadelphia all reported that a comment from an older relative to a friend led investigators to him. Different outlets described the relative differently. THE LEGAL FIGHT FACT: Arrested May 4, 2021. Information filed May 7, 2021. Arraigned May 11, 2021 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. FACT: Superseding information filed December 8, 2021. He pleaded guilty January 7, 2022. FACT: On March 25, 2022 he was sentenced to 10 days in jail, 12 months of supervised release, a $1,000 fine, and $938 in restitution. The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Associated Press, and the Press of Atlantic City covered the sentencing. FACT: His defense presented him as a misdirected tourist. The court gave him days, not years. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE It does not prove he was only a tourist. He pleaded guilty and the plea stands in the record. WHAT IT DOES PROVE A federal judge who saw the whole file gave Robert Lee Petrosh Jr. ten days. That number is the court speaking, and it says this was not the case the headlines made it. A Marine veteran from Mays Landing served his country, paid his fine, did his days, and went home. CASE RECORD Name: Robert Lee Petrosh Jr. Hometown: Mays Landing, Atlantic County, New Jersey Service: United States Marine Corps veteran (per WUSA9) Case number: 1:21-cr-347 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrest date: May 4, 2021 DOJ record: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/petrosh-robert-lee This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.