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Thomas J. Robertson
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageThomas J. Robertson served his country before any of this. He put on the uniform for the U.S. Army, deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, and came home wounded, gunshot and mortar shrapnel, ten surgeries to put him back together. FACT, per Newsweek's reporting on his case. That is not a small thing. That is a man who bled for this country. After the Army, Robertson kept serving, he joined the Rocky Mount, Virginia police department and rose to sergeant. FACT, per his attorney's statements in court reporting. His January 6 case is one of the hardest in this archive to read. He was the first police officer to stand trial over the Capitol riot. A jury convicted him in April 2022 on six counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding and civil disorder, five felonies and a misdemeanor. FACT, per court reporting. He was sentenced in August 2022 to 87 months, with $2,000 restitution. FACT. Robertson appealed. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions, the sentence no longer stands as it did. This record holds both truths at once: a combat-wounded veteran and police sergeant who served two ways, and a man a jury found guilty on January 6. Read the whole record. Don't look away from either half of it. Case 1:21-cr-34, 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-34
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 1/13/21. Initial appearance held 1/19/21. Indicted 1/29/21. Arraigned 2/2/21 where he pleaded not guilty to all counts. Motion hearings held on 7/14/21 and 7/21/21. Status conferences held on 8/2/21 and 8/17/21. Second superseding indictment filed, 3/23/22. Found guilty 4/11/22 of a total of six charges, including five felonies: obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds while carrying a dangerous weapon, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building while carrying a dangerous weapon, and tampering with a document or proceedings. Also found guilty of the misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. Sentenced 8/11/22 to 87 months in prison, 36 months supervised release, restitution of $2,000.
- Arrested
- January 13, 2021
- Sentenced
- August 11, 2022
Charges
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building or Grounds
Sentence
87 months in prison, 36 months supervised release, restitution of $2,000
Press & news
- https://wjla.com/news/local/thomas-robertson-ex-former-virginia-rocky-mount-police-officer-faces-jury-trial-january-6-us-storm-capitol-attack-riot-charges-jacob-fracker-pleads-guilty-obstructio →
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/thomas-robertson-ex-police-officer-more-than-7-years-in-prison-january-6-case/ →
- https://www.newsweek.com/thomas-robertson-police-officer-trial-capitol-riot-1694801 →
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