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Ryan Holden

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Ryan Holden is a Fort Wayne, Indiana man who was charged in the very last wave of January 6 prosecutions and never spent a single day convicted of anything. FACT: Ryan Holden was arrested on September 11, 2024. That is three years and eight months after January 6, 2021. FACT: He was charged with four counts: entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. All four are misdemeanor or petty offenses. No violence. No assault. No weapon. No theft. No conspiracy. No property damage. FACT: The government case rested on surveillance footage and officer worn body camera video placing him inside the Capitol building for roughly 36 minutes. FACT: On January 22, 2025, the court granted the government motion to dismiss the case with prejudice. Ryan Holden was never tried, never convicted, and never sentenced. Dismissed with prejudice means it is finished and it cannot be brought back. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. Fort Wayne television station WANE 15 reported two Fort Wayne men among those covered, and the Journal Gazette reported the federal charges dropped days later. CASE RECORD Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Docket: CourtListener RECAP, gov.uscourts.dcd.272521 Arrest: September 11, 2024, Fort Wayne, Indiana Disposition: Dismissed with prejudice, January 22, 2025. No conviction. No sentence. SOURCES WANE 15, Two Fort Wayne men among those included in January 6 pardons from President Trump Journal Gazette, Federal charges dropped for 2 Fort Wayne men who participated in Capitol riot NPR Jan. 6 Archive database record for Holden, Ryan Court filing mirrored at CourtListener RECAP This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.