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Thomas Bordeau, Sr.

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Thomas Bordeau Sr. is a 61-year-old man from Rumford, Maine whose federal case rests on holding a door open. CHARGE ONLY / NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: According to an FBI affidavit, Thomas Bordeau entered the Capitol building around 2:45 p.m. on January 6, 2021 and, per the FBI's account, walked back to a door and held it open for about a minute while others came inside. FACT: He was arrested on October 16, 2024, nearly four years after the events in question. FACT: He faces four federal misdemeanor charges: 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, and Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. FACT: He 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 finds otherwise. No violence charge. No weapon charge. No assault count. The most serious thing alleged against Thomas Bordeau is holding a door, which is a far cry from the felony assault cases that make national headlines and get lumped in with every other January 6 defendant regardless of the facts. Thomas Bordeau has spent 61 years building a life in Rumford and the surrounding Maine River Valley. This case, whatever the outcome, is one chapter, and this record is committed to giving the full charge and the full plea, not a partial picture. January 20, 2025: President Trump issued a sweeping clemency proclamation covering January 6 defendants nationwide. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: whether Thomas Bordeau's case, arrested after that date, was resolved by any later action is not confirmed in the sources reviewed for this profile, and this page will be corrected once that status is known. Case record: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested October 16, 2024, Rumford, Maine. Charges: 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; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. Disposition: not guilty plea entered, case pending as of the sources reviewed. A door held open, four misdemeanors, and the presumption of innocence this archive gives to every name it publishes. Read the record for yourself. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.