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Sean Michael McHugh
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageWhen Sean McHugh was arrested, his neighbors in Auburn talked about his family first. Local coverage from his hometown captured the community's instinct to look after the people he left behind — one neighbor put it simply, that the town of Auburn would support the family. That says something about the man and the place he is from. (THEIR ACCOUNT / community — reported by CBS Sacramento.) He is a family man from Auburn, California, in the Sierra foothills. The court record, straight: McHugh was found guilty in 2023 of obstruction and of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers for his conduct at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and was sentenced to 78 months. Charges are charges, and the court reached its verdict. His case was among those addressed by the January 20, 2025 clemency for January 6 defendants. (FACT.) Case record: No. 1:21-cr-453, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested May 27, 2021. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-453
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 5/27/21. Initial appearance held 5/28/21. Indicted 7/7/21. Defendant remains committed. Arraignment 7/28/21; pleaded not guilty to all counts.
- Arrested
- May 27, 2021
Charges
- Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority
- Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds
- Physical Violence on Capitol Grounds
- Obstruction of Law Enforcement During Civil Disorder
- Assault Law Enforcement Officer with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon
- Obstruction of Justice/Congress
Press & news
- https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sean-mchugh-auburn-capitol-riot/103-0e5963ad-b8ca-485f-aad9-dfb36991e890 →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/california-man-sentenced-prison-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach →
- https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/neighbors-sean-michael-mchugh-us-capitol-insurrection-arrest/ →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Sean Michael McHugh appears in the record of United States v. Nichols. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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