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Scott Ray Christensen

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Scott Ray Christensen is a Puyallup, Washington man who went to Washington D.C. on January 6 with his wife. They walked in together. They walked through the Rotunda together. And when the crowd surged, Scott Christensen was the one who got hurt. Read that again. He was injured inside the Rotunda, and Capitol Police removed him from it. FACT, court record and American Gulag case summary. The man in the building who needed help that afternoon was Scott Christensen. WHAT THE RECORD ACTUALLY SAYS He entered the Capitol at roughly 2:30 p.m. on January 6, 2021. He and his wife Holly Dionne Christensen walked through the Rotunda and up to the fourth floor on the Senate side, walking into at least one office around 2:58 p.m. FACT, court record. There is no detail of any violence committed by Scott Christensen in the record. No assault count. No weapon count. FACT. THE LEGAL FIGHT A complaint was filed November 28, 2022. He was arrested December 7, 2022 and released on personal recognizance December 15, 2022. FACT, court record. He was charged with four counts, all of them entry and conduct misdemeanors. On July 14, 2023 he pleaded NOT GUILTY. FACT, docket. He never stopped contesting the case. 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, and the Department of Justice moved to dismiss pending January 6 prosecutions. DOCUMENTED INFERENCE as applied to Scott Ray Christensen, pending docket confirmation. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE There is no conviction in this record. He pleaded not guilty and the charges were misdemeanors. DATA NOTE This archive carries case number 1:22-mj-259 for the complaint stage. At least one outside archive lists the indicted case as 23-cr-203. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION. If you have the correct docket, send it and the record gets corrected. CASE RECORD Name: Scott Ray Christensen. Hometown: Puyallup, Washington. Case numbers: 1:22-mj-259, and 23-cr-203 reported elsewhere. Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Complaint November 28, 2022. Arrested December 7, 2022. Not guilty plea July 14, 2023. DOJ defendant page is linked on this profile. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
1:22-mj-259
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Complaint - 11/28/22 Arrested - 12/7/22

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