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Thomas Casselman

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Thomas Andrew Casselman is a Walhalla, South Carolina man out of Oconee County, up in the foothills of the Blue Ridge. He was 30 years old when his case resolved. One detail from the government's own statement of facts has stuck with people who read this case. Before anything else happened, Thomas Casselman was standing in front of the police line holding up a copy of the United States Constitution and telling the officers they were fighting the wrong fight. [FACT, DOJ statement of facts] Whatever came after, the man showed up carrying the founding document in his hand. THE LEGAL FIGHT Thomas Casselman was arrested March 28, 2023 in Walhalla, South Carolina, more than two years after January 6. [FACT, DOJ] He pleaded guilty on March 21, 2024 to a felony count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers. [FACT, DOJ] U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich sentenced him to 40 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and $2,000 in restitution. [FACT, DOJ and WCBD News 2] The government alleged he deployed OC spray toward a police line on the West Plaza. That is the allegation the plea resolved. This archive reports the record and does not go past it. THE CLEMENCY On January 20, 2025, a presidential proclamation granted full pardons for offenses related to events at or near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, covering this conviction. [FACT] Thomas Casselman came home to South Carolina. CASE RECORD Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested: March 28, 2023, in Walhalla, South Carolina Disposition: Guilty plea 3/21/2024 to assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers; sentenced to 40 months, 36 months supervised release, $2,000 restitution; January 6 clemency 1/20/2025 DOJ: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/south-carolina-man-sentenced-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: Thomas Casselman's trade, employer, military or first responder service, and family in Oconee County, South Carolina are not yet documented on this page. Walhalla, if you know him, help us tell it straight. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.