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Robert Schornak

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Robert Schornak is a Roseville, Michigan man and, per publicly available accounts of his case, a new father whose life was interrupted by a January 6 prosecution and later restored by presidential clemency. Robert Schornak was inside the Capitol on January 6, 2021, photographed carrying a bullhorn. No violence has been documented against him in the reviewed record. He was one of five Macomb County residents charged in the government's Michigan sweep. He was arrested in Roseville, Michigan on March 18, 2021. He entered a plea agreement in November 2021 and was sentenced on February 18, 2022 to 36 months of probation including 28 days of intermittent confinement, two months of home detention, and $500 restitution. The other four counts were dismissed. On January 20, 2025, President Trump's clemency proclamation granted a full pardon covering his conviction. ## Case record Case 1:21-cr-278, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Charges per DOJ: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. Arrested 3/18/21 in Roseville, Michigan. Indicted 4/2/21. Pleaded not guilty 4/14/21. Plea agreement entered 11/12. Pleaded guilty to count 2. Sentenced 2/18/22. FACT: DOJ record, CourtListener docket, Metro Times, FOX 2 Detroit reporting. DOCUMENTED INFERENCE: "new father" per American Gulag summary. 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-278
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Arrested on 03/18/21 in Roseville, Michigan. Indicted 4/2/21. Pleaded not guilty to all counts on 4/14/21. Plea agreement entered 11/12 and pleaded guilty to count 2. Sentenced 2/18/22 to 36 months of probation, including 28 days of intermittent confinement, two months of home detention, and $500 restitution.
Arrested
March 18, 2021
Sentenced
February 18, 2022

Charges

  • Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building

Sentence

36 months of probation, including 28 days of intermittent confinement, two months of home detention, and $500 restitution

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