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Thomas Webster
Pardoned January 6 defendant · U.S. Marine veteran and retired NYPD officer
Documented editorial-use imageThomas Webster of Goshen, New York, gave a quarter century to public service before January 6, 2021 -- first as a United States Marine, then through two decades wearing the uniform of the New York City Police Department. Thomas Webster is a Marine Corps veteran and a 20-year NYPD officer. He spent part of his police career on protective detail. When he retired, he built a life upstate in Goshen with his family. That record of service -- Marine and cop -- is the heart of who Webster is. THE LEGAL FIGHT: Webster was charged in the District of Columbia over a confrontation with a D.C. police officer on January 6. A jury convicted him in May 2022, and that September he received a 120-month sentence -- at the time the longest handed to any January 6 defendant. The judge who sentenced him explicitly weighed his 25 years of service as a Marine and police officer. His convictions were affirmed by the D.C. Circuit in May 2024. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted Thomas Webster a full pardon and he was released. A later coram nobis petition seeking to set aside the conviction was denied on January 28, 2026; no post-pardon vacatur has been verified. (FACT, per DOJ releases, the D.C. Circuit opinion, and court records.) CASE RECORD: Thomas Webster, case number 1:21-cr-00208-APM-1, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested February 22, 2021. Fully pardoned January 20, 2025. Charges are charges; the conviction and the pardon both stand in the record. 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-00208-APM-1
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Judge
- Amit P. Mehta
- Prosecutor
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia; DOJ National Security Division Counterterrorism Section
- Defense attorney
- James E. Monroe (trial); Elizabeth A. Brandenburg and Marcia G. Shein (appeal)
- Disposition
- Jury verdict on May 2, 2022; sentenced September 1, 2022; convictions and sentence affirmed May 28, 2024 in D.C. Circuit No. 22-3064; fully pardoned January 20, 2025; coram nobis petition denied January 28, 2026. No post-pardon vacatur has been verified.
- Arrested
- February 22, 2021
- Sentenced
- September 1, 2022
Charges
- Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a deadly or dangerous weapon — 18 U.S.C. §111(a)(1), (b)
- Civil disorder — 18 U.S.C. §231(a)(3)
- Entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon — 18 U.S.C. §1752(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)
- Disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon — 18 U.S.C. §1752(a)(2), (b)(1)(A)
- Engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon — 18 U.S.C. §1752(a)(4), (b)(1)(A)
- Act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings — 40 U.S.C. §5104(e)(2)(F)
Sentence
120 months imprisonment; 36 months supervised release; $2,060 restitution reported by DOJ; $510 special assessment recorded in the D.C. Circuit opinion
Press & news
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/retired-nypd-officer-arrested-charged-federal-court-assaulting-and-impeding-mpd-officer →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/retired-nypd-officer-found-guilty-jury-felony-charges-actions-related-capitol-breach →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/retired-nypd-officer-sentenced-prison-actions-related-capitol-breach →
- https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2024/05/22-3064-2056407.pdf →
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/ →
- https://www.justice.gov/pardon/freedom-information-act-foia-release-pardon-certificate-recipients →
- https://www.leagle.com/decision/infdco20260130d58 →
- https://highlandscurrent.org/2025/01/22/trump-pardons-jan-6-rioters/ →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Thomas Webster appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 7 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
Walk the whole case →Evidence on file
7 documents on file
Ryan6 documents
Ryan Nichols' own paperwork — grievances, motions, letters, cell notes.
ruling · Jan 28, 2026
Court denies Thomas Webster coram nobis petition
Judge Amit P. Mehta denied Webster’s post-pardon petition for a writ of error coram nobis on January 28, 2026. The court found the required collateral consequences, timing justification, and fundamental error had not been established.
Readarticle · Jan 20, 2025
Office of the Pardon Attorney record listing Thomas Webster as a pardon-certificate recipient
The DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney’s public FOIA release lists “WEBSTER, THOMAS” among people issued a certificate under the January 20, 2025 January 6 pardon proclamation.
Readruling · May 28, 2024
D.C. Circuit opinion affirming Thomas Webster convictions and sentence
The 29-page published opinion in No. 22-3064 affirmed Webster’s convictions and ten-year sentence after addressing venue, jury impartiality, cross-examination, jury instructions, and sentencing challenges.
Readarticle · Sep 1, 2022
DOJ sentencing record — Thomas Webster
DOJ reported a ten-year prison sentence, three years of supervised release, and $2,060 restitution. The D.C. Circuit opinion separately records a $510 special assessment.
Readarticle · May 2, 2022
DOJ jury-verdict record — Thomas Webster
The Justice Department reported that a jury found Webster guilty on May 2, 2022 of five felonies and one misdemeanor. The page records the jury result and government account; it is not an independent assessment of character.
Readarticle · Feb 23, 2021
DOJ arrest and complaint-stage record — Thomas Webster
The Justice Department reported that Webster voluntarily entered custody on February 22, 2021 and appeared in federal court the following day. The complaint-stage allegations were accusations for probable-cause purposes, not findings of guilt.
ReadGovt response1 document
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.