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Vaughn Gordon

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Vaughn Gordon is a Lafayette, Louisiana man who spent two years under a federal case and walked out with a single misdemeanor and no prison time. Acadiana man. Four counts filed. Three dismissed. One plea. Zero days in a federal prison. FACT: Vaughn Gordon is from Lafayette, Louisiana, where he was arrested on January 14, 2021 (American Gulag; KLFY; The Advocate). FACT: He was charged with four counts: entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building (American Gulag). FACT: Gordon pleaded not guilty on February 18, 2021. On September 28, 2022 he pleaded guilty to count four, the parading misdemeanor. Counts one through three were dismissed (American Gulag; DOJ). FACT: On February 24, 2023 Judge Paul Friedman sentenced Gordon to 36 months probation with 90 days home confinement, $500 restitution, and a $10 special assessment. He was not incarcerated (American Gulag; The Advocate, February 2023). THE LEGAL FIGHT Vaughn Gordon of Lafayette carried this case for more than two years. He was arrested eight days after January 6, 2021, one of the earliest arrests in Louisiana. He fought the charges, then resolved the case on the lowest count the government had. Three of the four counts were dismissed outright. Home detention in Lafayette. Probation. That is what two years of federal pressure produced. FACT: On January 20, 2025 the President issued a proclamation granting clemency in cases relating to the events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE: Gordon was never charged with assault and was never accused of injuring anyone. The conviction is a petty misdemeanor. THE CASE RECORD Case number 1:21-cr-99. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge Paul Friedman. Arrested January 14, 2021. Initial appearance January 15, 2021. Information filed February 9, 2021. Pleaded guilty September 28, 2022. Sentenced February 24, 2023. Do not threaten anyone. Do not harass anyone. Do not contact anyone in my name. Read it. Share it. Send receipts, evidence, witnesses. Put eyes on the record. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.