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Stephen Maury Baker
January 6 defendant; full-pardon recipient
Documented editorial-use imageStephen Maury Baker is a Garner, North Carolina musician who livestreamed his own faith on camera, telling viewers to "repent and believe in Jesus", before January 6, 2021 put his name in a federal case. (FACT, Law & Crime, WUSA9, DOJ) Baker's own livestream became part of the public record of that day, and it shows a man preaching his faith to strangers in the middle of chaos. That is his own account, in his own voice. (THEIR ACCOUNT, Law & Crime) The record: pleaded guilty February 7, 2022 to parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. Sentenced May 10, 2022. Granted a full January 6 pardon on January 20, 2025, and listed by the Office of the Pardon Attorney as a certificate recipient. (FACT, DOJ, Office of the Pardon Attorney) Case record: Case No. 1:21-cr-273, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. 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-273
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Pleaded guilty February 7, 2022, to parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building; sentenced May 10, 2022; granted a full January 6 pardon January 20, 2025; listed by the Office of the Pardon Attorney as a certificate recipient.
- Arrested
- February 1, 2021
- Plea
- February 7, 2022
- Sentenced
- May 10, 2022
Charges
- Entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds (charged allegation)
- Disorderly conduct in a Capitol building (charged allegation)
- Parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building (offense of conviction)
Sentence
24 months of probation; nine days of intermittent confinement over three consecutive weekends; $500 restitution. Secondary summaries also report a $10 assessment; native judgment pending.
Press & news
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/baker-stephen-maury →
- https://www.justice.gov/pardon/freedom-information-act-foia-release-pardon-certificate-recipients →
- https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-siege/stephen-ignoramus-arrested-after-posting-videos-of-himself-at-capitol-riots-telling-viewers-to-repent-and-believe-in-jesus/ →
- https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2024/01/05/january-6-attack-nc-arrest →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Stephen Maury Baker appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 3 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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3 documents on file
Govt response3 documents
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.
other · Jan 20, 2025
Pardon Attorney Record Listing Stephen Maury Baker
The Office of the Pardon Attorney lists BAKER, STEPHEN MAURY among January 6 pardon-certificate recipients. The record supports Stephen Maury Baker’s full-pardon status and also confirms his identity separately from Stephen Michael Baker.
Readorder · Jan 20, 2025
January 20, 2025 January 6 Clemency Proclamation
Presidential proclamation commuting the sentences of fourteen named January 6 defendants to time served and granting full, complete, and unconditional pardons to the other covered convicted defendants. Person-specific status must be determined from the proclamation’s two separate clemency provisions.
Readdocket · Feb 1, 2021
Stephen Maury Baker — Archived DOJ January 6 Case Record
The archived DOJ defendant record and corroborating case summaries identify Stephen Maury Baker as the defendant in No. 1:21-cr-00273. This source corrects an earlier archive identity collision with journalist Stephen Michael Baker.
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