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Samuel Fontanez-Rodriguez
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Samuel Fontanez-Rodriguez is a Lehigh County, Pennsylvania man. FACT, per WFMZ local news coverage. According to reporting, Fontanez-Rodriguez called the FBI's own tip line himself, trying to clear his name, and that call is part of how he ended up identified. DOCUMENTED INFERENCE, per Salon's reporting on the case; that is a man who engaged directly rather than hiding. He was arrested in July 2022, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced in February 2023 to 12 months probation, $500 restitution, and a $10 special assessment. FACT, per the DOJ record. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. Case 1:22-cr-256, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
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- Case number
- 1:22-cr-256
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Initially filed as Case # 1:22-mj-152 Complaint filed 7/6/22 Arrested 7/22/22 Information filed 7/25/22 Pleaded guilty 11/4/22 Sentenced 2/2/23 Sentenced to 12 months probation, special assesment $10, $500 Restitution
- Arrested
- July 22, 2022
- Plea
- November 4, 2022
- Sentenced
- February 2, 2023
Sentence
Sentenced to 12 months probation, special assesment $10, $500 Restitution
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Samuel Fontanez-Rodriguez appears in the record of United States v. Nichols. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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