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Samuel Christopher Montoya

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Samuel Christopher Montoya is one of the 1,571 January 6 defendants indexed in this archive — preserved from the DOJ Capitol Breach case list this site mirrored after the government scrubbed it from justice.gov. Case 1:21-cr-336 — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Charges, per the DOJ record: Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Capitol Building; Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketting in a Capitol Building. The docket, as recorded: Arrested 4/13/21. Initial appearance held 4/19/21. Criminal information filed 4/30/21. Arraigned 5/14/21 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. Superseding information filed 3/7/22. Pleaded guilty 11/7/22. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever. Organize the record, add your documents, and tell the story where no platform can bury it.

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On the record

Case number
1:21-cr-336
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Arrested 4/13/21. Initial appearance held 4/19/21. Criminal information filed 4/30/21. Arraigned 5/14/21 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. Superseding information filed 3/7/22. Pleaded guilty 11/7/22.
Arrested
April 13, 2021
Plea
November 7, 2022

Charges

  • Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building
  • Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Capitol Building
  • Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
  • Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketting in a Capitol Building

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