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Ryan Keith Ashlock

January 6 defendant

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Ryan Keith Ashlock is a young man from Lenexa, Kansas, a Johnson County suburb on the Kansas side of the Kansas City metro. He was one of the youngest Kansans charged out of January 6. He did not go into the Capitol swinging. The court record describes him standing near the barricades. It also records that Ashlock got sprayed in the face with pepper spray by police. FACT, court record and American Gulag case summary. THE LEGAL FIGHT Ashlock was arrested on February 22, 2021, indicted, and made his initial appearance on February 26, 2021. FACT, court record. He was arraigned on March 23, 2021 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. FACT, docket. He was originally charged with six counts, including conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding. On June 14, 2022 he pleaded guilty to one count. The remaining counts were dismissed. FACT, docket. On November 10, 2022 he was sentenced to 70 days of incarceration, 12 months of supervised release and $500 restitution. FACT, court record. Seventy days. That is the whole sentence. On January 20, 2025 a Presidential proclamation granted a full, complete and unconditional pardon for offenses relating to events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. KCUR and High Plains Public Radio both reported Kansas residents among those pardoned. FACT, reporting. DOCUMENTED INFERENCE as applied to Ryan Keith Ashlock, pending a pardon certificate confirmation. WHAT NEEDS AUTHENTICATION Charging documents describe Ashlock as coordinating with another Kansas defendant outside the Capitol grounds. Reporting has described a Proud Boys affiliation. Affiliation is not a crime and the specifics of it are NEEDS AUTHENTICATION. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE Five of six counts were dismissed. Dismissed counts are not convictions and never were. CASE RECORD Name: Ryan Keith Ashlock. Hometown: Lenexa, Kansas. Case number: 1:21-cr-160. Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested February 22, 2021. Sentenced November 10, 2022. DOJ defendant page and Kansas City news coverage are linked on this profile. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.