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Tighe John Scott

January 6 defendant

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Tighe John Scott is a retired NASCAR driver from Pennsylvania. He raced at the top level of American stock car racing, in what was then the Winston Cup Series, and then he went home to the Poconos and lived a life. Forty years after the checkered flag, federal agents came for him. He was arrested in June 2024. Three and a half years after January 6, 2021. And they took his son too. WHO HE IS FACT: Tighe Scott is a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver from Pennsylvania. CBS Sports, FOX8, Yardbarker, and the Philadelphia Inquirer all identified him by his racing career. FACT: He is a father. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Tighe Scott and his son were both charged in the same January 6 case. FACT: The Justice Department announced the arrests of four Pennsylvania men. WNEP tied the case to Monroe County and the Saylorsburg and Pen Argyl area. THE LEGAL FIGHT CHARGE ONLY: Tighe John Scott was arrested in June 2024 on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges connected to January 6, 2021, including allegations of confronting police officers. Those were allegations, filed by a prosecutor, never proven to a jury. FACT: He is presumed innocent of every count that was never tried. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. Cases still pending at that point were resolved in the defendants' favor. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: the docket number, the arraignment record, and the specific order that closed the case against Tighe John Scott. Not recorded in the DOJ mirror this archive preserved. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE It does not prove what Tighe Scott did or did not do at the Capitol. There was no trial. There was no verdict. There is a complaint and there is a clemency grant. WHAT IT DOES PROVE The government waited three and a half years, then indicted a long retired race car driver and his own son in the same sweep. That is a fact about the timeline, and the timeline is part of the record. CASE RECORD Name: Tighe John Scott Home state: Pennsylvania, Monroe County area Occupation: retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver Arrested: June 2024 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: case number and docket. Send the filings if you have them. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.