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Sean Ward

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Sean Ward is a 56-year-old man from New York who spent 47 minutes walking through the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and more than two and a half years living his life before the government ever charged him. Sean Ward was charged August 28, 2023, for a single afternoon, January 6, 2021, when federal court documents say he walked through the Capitol building for about 47 minutes. One charge: Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. No assault. No weapon. No conspiracy. Ward pleaded guilty. On November 30, 2023, he was sentenced to 24 months probation, 45 days of location monitoring, a $10 special assessment, $500 in restitution, and 60 hours of community service. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted Sean Ward a full pardon covering his January 6 case. That's the record: a 56-year-old man, one misdemeanor count, no jail time, probation and community service, and a full pardon from the President of the United States. Ryan Nichols built this archive to put the government's own record next to the headlines, so people can see the gap between the two for themselves. In Sean Ward's case, the gap is a man who walked through a building for 47 minutes and paid a $500 restitution bill for it. This profile is a starting point, not the whole story. If this is Sean Ward, or his family, claim it and tell the rest. CASE RECORD Name: Sean Ward Residence: New York Age: 56 Case No.: 1:23-cr-00271-CRC, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Charge pleaded: Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building, 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(G) Sentenced: November 30, 2023, 24 months probation Clemency: Full pardon, January 20, 2025 Read the case number above. Pull the docket yourself if you want it straight from the court, not from this page. That is how this archive works: government paperwork first, opinions after. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.