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Thomas Frank Sibick

January 6 case participant; pardoned defendant

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Thomas Frank Sibick is a Western New Yorker from Amherst, in Erie County just outside Buffalo. He spent nearly four years in federal custody over January 6. He came home on a presidential pardon in January 2025 — and then did the thing almost nobody does. He sat down with a local camera crew and answered for himself. No handler. No script. Hometown press. THE MAN Sibick is from the Buffalo metro — Amherst, New York. (FACT — Buffalo News, WIVB-TV) He was one of the earliest January 6 arrests in Western New York, taken into custody on March 12, 2021, and he carried that case for four years. HIS ACCOUNT After his release, Thomas Sibick went on the record with WKBW 7 News in Buffalo. Not a friendly outlet. His own words: "I feel remorse as far as me playing a part in the destruction that happened that day. But I didn't go there with any intentions to be destructive, to assault, impede, or interfere with any law enforcement. I support law enforcement." (THEIR ACCOUNT — WKBW interview, January 2025) Say what you want about the case. Saying that into a camera, in your own hometown, with your name on it, takes something. THE LEGAL FIGHT Arrested March 12, 2021. Held pretrial, later granted conditional release by the court ahead of trial. (FACT — WIVB) On March 3, 2023 he pleaded guilty to one felony count under 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1) and two theft counts under 18 U.S.C. § 661. On July 28, 2023, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced him to 50 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and $7,500.79 in restitution. The remaining indictment counts were dismissed on the government's oral motion. (FACT — DOJ press release; Buffalo News) On January 20, 2025, the presidential clemency action covering January 6 offenses issued a full and unconditional pardon. Thomas Sibick was covered. He walked out. (FACT) A plea is a plea and we do not rewrite it. We also do not pretend a man is nothing but his worst day. WHO STOOD BY HIM His father, Eugene Sibick, built and ran a GiveSendGo campaign for him while he was inside. Family showed up. (FACT — GiveSendGo; Rolling Stone reporting on J6 crowdfunding) CASE RECORD Name: Thomas Frank Sibick Case No.: 1:21-cr-00291-ABJ Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested: March 12, 2021 Plea: March 3, 2023 | Sentenced: July 28, 2023 Clemency: January 20, 2025 DOJ docket: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/sibick-thomas This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.