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Stephen Michael Ayres
January 6 defendant; House Select Committee witness
Documented editorial-use imageCASE OVERVIEW Stephen Michael Ayres is an Ohio husband, father, and longtime cabinet-company employee whose January 6 case was No. 1:21-cr-00156-JDB before Judge John D. Bates in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The government originally charged four offenses. Those were charging-stage allegations. On June 8, 2022, Ayres pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds. On September 22, 2022, Judge Bates sentenced him to 24 months of probation, 100 hours of community service, and $500 restitution. Those procedural facts are not judgments about his overall character. FIRSTHAND RECORD Ayres gave a transcribed House Select Committee interview on June 22, 2022 and testified publicly on July 12, 2022. He described himself as a family man and working man who had spent nearly 20 years at a cabinet company. He said social media and the rally influenced his decision to travel to Washington, that he had not initially planned to go to the Capitol, and that he later reconsidered views he held at the time. He also said the prosecution affected his employment, home, and family life. These are Ayres's attributed statements, not independent archive findings. PARDON AND SOURCE BOUNDARIES The DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney lists AYRES, STEPHEN MICHAEL among people issued a certificate under the January 20, 2025 pardon proclamation. The archive preserves the plea and sentence alongside the later full pardon. Committee characterizations, government allegations, and Ayres's firsthand statements remain separately labeled. Editorial analysis about Biden-era DOJ weaponization is distinct from the underlying source record. RESEARCH PRIORITIES Still needed: native complaint, indictment, plea agreement, statement of offense, judgment, sentencing transcript, individual pardon certificate, complete June 17 interview, and a photograph with verified provenance and reuse rights.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-00156-JDB
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Judge
- John D. Bates
- Defense attorney
- Eugene Ohm
- Disposition
- Guilty plea to one misdemeanor count; sentenced to probation, community service, and restitution; full presidential pardon issued in 2025
- Arrested
- January 25, 2021
- Plea
- June 8, 2022
- Sentenced
- September 22, 2022
Charges
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building
Sentence
24 months of probation, 100 hours of community service, $500 restitution
Press & news
- https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GPO-J6-TRANSCRIPT-CTRL0000916062 →
- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-117hhrg50139/html/CHRG-117hhrg50139.htm →
- https://www.justice.gov/pardon/freedom-information-act-foia-release-pardon-certificate-recipients →
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen-ayres-jan-6-committee-sentenced-2-years-probation/ →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Stephen Michael Ayres appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 4 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
Walk the whole case →Evidence on file
4 documents on file
Court2 documents
Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.
transcript · Jul 12, 2022
Stephen Ayres — Public House January 6 Committee Testimony
Official July 12, 2022 public-hearing transcript containing Stephen Ayres’s sworn testimony. His answers are preserved as firsthand statements; committee framing remains attributed to the committee.
transcript · Jun 22, 2022
Stephen Ayres — Continued January 6 Committee Interview Transcript
Official 32-page transcript of Stephen Ayres’s continued June 22, 2022 interview with the House Select Committee. Statements are preserved as attributed firsthand testimony, not independent findings.
Govt response1 document
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.
other · Jan 20, 2025
Office of the Pardon Attorney Record Listing Stephen Michael Ayres
Official DOJ recipient list expressly includes AYRES, STEPHEN MICHAEL among people issued January 6 pardon certificates.
News1 document
Press coverage.
article · Sep 22, 2022
Stephen Ayres Sentenced to Probation, Community Service, and Restitution
Contemporaneous court reporting states that Judge John D. Bates sentenced Stephen Ayres to 24 months of probation, 100 hours of community service, and $500 restitution. The native signed judgment remains a capture priority.