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Scott Alex Slater, Jr.

January 6 defendant

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Scott Alex Slater Jr. is a 26-year-old from Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, and his case is one this record will not soften and will not exaggerate either way. CHARGE ONLY / NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: Scott Slater Jr. and his father, Scott Slater Sr., were arrested together on June 5, 2024 and charged in connection with the January 6, 2021 riot, alongside two other Saylorsburg-area men in the same case. According to the Justice Department, the charges against Scott Slater Jr. include obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, including with a deadly weapon. These are allegations, not proven facts. FACT: Scott Slater Jr. has pleaded not guilty, and the case has not gone to trial in the sources reviewed for this profile. He is presumed innocent unless and until a court says otherwise, and this record will not state his guilt beyond what the court has actually found. A father and son from the same Slate Belt community in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, both facing the same federal case. That is a family standing together through a fight that is not over. This profile exists because Scott Slater Jr. is entitled to the presumption of innocence just as much as any other American, and the archive does not withhold that presumption based on the severity of a charge. Saylorsburg is a small Pennsylvania town, and a federal case like this touches the whole family, not just the man named on the docket. This page will be updated as the case moves, with the same standard applied here as everywhere else in this archive: charges are charges, not convictions, until a court says otherwise. January 20, 2025: President Trump issued a sweeping clemency proclamation covering January 6 defendants. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: whether Scott Slater Jr.'s case was affected is not confirmed in the sources reviewed for this profile, given his case appears to remain pending as of this writing. Case record: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested June 5, 2024, Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. Charges include obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers. Disposition: not guilty plea entered, case pending. Show me the evidence. That is the standard here, for every name in this archive, including Scott Slater Jr. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.