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Zachary Rehl

January 6 defendant · convictions vacated and case dismissed with prejudice

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Zachary Rehl is a Philadelphia man, a husband and a father. FACT: He is widely reported to be a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. FACT: He led the Philadelphia chapter of the Proud Boys and traveled to Washington on January 6, 2021. The government charged him in the marquee Proud Boys case, US v. Nordean (1:21-cr-175). A jury convicted him in 2023 and he was sentenced to 15 years — one of the longest J6 sentences handed down. Then the ground shifted. FACT: On January 20, 2025, the presidential clemency proclamation swept in the January 6 cases, and Rehl was released from prison the next day. FACT: On May 21, 2026, the judgments against the Proud Boys leaders were vacated. FACT: On July 10, 2026, the indictment was dismissed with prejudice — the landmark prosecution officially over. THEIR ACCOUNT: Rehl and his co-defendants have filed a civil claim seeking $100 million, alleging the prosecution was unlawful. Charges are charges, and a conviction is not the whole of a man. Zachary Rehl walked out to his family. Case record: US v. Nordean, No. 1:21-cr-175, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Judgments vacated May 21, 2026; indictment dismissed with prejudice July 10, 2026. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
1:21-cr-175
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Judge
Timothy J. Kelly
Disposition
Judgments vacated May 21, 2026; indictment dismissed with prejudice July 10, 2026
Arrested
March 17, 2021

Charges

  • Conspiracy
  • Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting
  • Destruction of Government Property and Aiding and Abetting
  • Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds
  • Disorderly Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds

Sentence

Earlier sentence commuted to time served on January 20, 2025; judgment vacated May 21, 2026; indictment dismissed with prejudice July 10, 2026.

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Connection to United States v. Nichols

Zachary Rehl appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 11 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.

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Evidence on file

11 documents on file

Ryan2 documents

Ryan Nichols' own paperwork — grievances, motions, letters, cell notes.

Attorney3 documents

Defense counsel correspondence (Joseph McBride, Jonathan Gross).

Court5 documents

Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.

Official recordserved from the court docket

docket · May 21, 2026

D.C. Circuit Vacatur Docket Reference — United States v. Nordean

Judge Timothy J. Kelly’s July 10, 2026 memorandum records that the D.C. Circuit granted the government’s unopposed motion on May 21, 2026 and vacated the judgments of Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, and Dominic Pezzola, concluding that vacatur was just under the circumstances. The memorandum cites D.C. Circuit No. 23-3159, docket No. 2174532. The native appellate order remains pending capture, so this is a verified docket-reference record rather than a file-level copy.

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