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Thomas Kenny

January 6 defendant

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Thomas Kenny is a Greenwich, Connecticut man who told federal investigators the truth in August 2021, and then waited two and a half years for them to come arrest him for it. He walked in the front. He walked a circle around the Rotunda. He walked out. About thirty minutes, start to finish. WHAT THE RECORD SHOWS FACT: Thomas Kenny and his brother Michael Kenny entered the Capitol through the Upper West Terrace door on January 6, 2021, walked in a circle around the Rotunda, and exited after roughly 30 minutes. FACT: In August 2021, Thomas Kenny admitted to investigators that he had been inside the Capitol with his brother. He said it voluntarily. He said it early. FACT: He was not arrested until December 21, 2023. Two years and four months after he told them. FACT: The government charged him with two misdemeanors. Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building or Grounds, and Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. No felony. No assault count. No weapon count. THE LEGAL FIGHT FACT: Thomas Kenny pleaded guilty to both misdemeanor counts. He faced up to six months and fines up to $5,000. FACT: On January 27, 2025, the court granted the government motion to dismiss the case with prejudice, following the January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation covering the January 6 prosecutions. FACT: Thomas Kenny was never sentenced. He served no time on this case. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE Thirty minutes and a lap around the Rotunda. Nothing in this record charges Thomas Kenny of Greenwich, Connecticut with violence, with breaking anything, or with carrying anything. The government knew who he was in 2021 and let it sit for two years before knocking on the door. FOR THE RECORD, IDENTITY Thomas Kenny is a common name and there is more than one January 6 defendant named Kenny from Greenwich. His brother Michael Kenny was charged with the same two counts and arrested the same day. Do not merge the two men. Do not attach other men named Thomas Kenny to this page. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION We do not have his trade, his service record if he has one, his family beyond his brother, or anything in his own voice. CASE RECORD Jurisdiction: Federal, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested December 21, 2023 in Greenwich, Connecticut. Pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts. Dismissed with prejudice January 27, 2025, never sentenced. Docket materials mirrored at CourtListener, linked on this page. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.