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Samuel Pinho Camargo
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageSamuel Pinho Camargo is a South Florida man who beat the felony. Broward County, Florida. Thirty years old at trial. Samuel Camargo went to Washington for the rally on January 6, 2021 and came home a wanted man. [FACT, CNN and Courthouse News] THE LEGAL FIGHT He was arrested January 20, 2021, in Washington, at the inauguration. Initial appearance January 21, 2021. [FACT] He was indicted February 3, 2021 and arraigned March 29, 2021, where Samuel Camargo pleaded not guilty to every count. [FACT] He held a not guilty plea. He was released on personal recognizance. [FACT] Then he did the thing the loudest voices told him not to do. He went to trial. On August 8, 2024, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson found Samuel Camargo guilty of two misdemeanors: simple assault and entering a restricted area. [FACT] And the judge found his conduct did not warrant a felony assault charge. [FACT, Courthouse News and DOJ] Say that part out loud. The government charged the felony. The court looked at it and said no. He had already spent roughly six months in pretrial detention in 2021, and the judge said she would weigh that time at sentencing. [FACT] On January 20, 2025, the President issued clemency covering January 6 prosecutions. [FACT] The final disposition of Samuel Camargo's case after that order is [NEEDS AUTHENTICATION]. THE CASE RECORD Case number: 1:21-cr-70 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge: Amy Berman Jackson Arrested January 20, 2021. Indicted February 3, 2021. Convicted of two misdemeanors August 8, 2024. DOJ defendant page and CourtListener docket are linked on this profile. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE It does not prove the government's original felony theory. A federal judge rejected it. WHAT IT DOES PROVE Samuel Pinho Camargo of Broward County sat in jail for months on a charge that the court would not sustain as a felony. Show me the evidence. The court did, and it came back misdemeanor. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
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On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-70
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 1/20/21. Initial appearance 1/21/21. Indicted 2/3/21 and arraigned 3/29/21 where he pleaded not guilty to all counts. Status conference held on 5/12/21. Status conference held on 7/13/21. Defendant placed on personal recognizance. Status conference set for 9/23/21 at 10 am.
- Arrested
- January 20, 2021
Charges
- Civil Disorder; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly or Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building
Press & news
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/21/us/capitol-riot-samuel-camargo-florida-arrest/index.html →
- https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/59246074/united-states-v-camargo/ →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/camargo-samuel →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/florida-man-convicted-misdemeanor-charges-actions-during-jan-6-breach →
- https://www.courthousenews.com/florida-capitol-rioter-arrested-at-biden-inauguration-convicted-for-spitting-at-officers/ →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
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