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United States v. Nichols
Case No. 1:21-cr-00117 · U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 10 federal charges · Judge Hon. Thomas F. Hogan (pretrial & detention, 2021–2023); Hon. Royce C. Lamberth (plea, sentencing & judgment, 2023–2025)
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Stephen Ethan Horn covered by full January 6 pardon
Horn’s covered convictions fall within the January 20, 2025 full-pardon provision. The Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists him as a pardon-certificate recipient.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadChristopher Worrell receives full January 6 pardon
Proclamation 10887 granted a full pardon to covered convicted defendants other than fourteen named commutations. The OPA recipient page separately lists WORRELL, CHRISTOPHER JOHN.
📍 United States
ReadFarhad Azari receives full January 6 pardon
Proclamation 10887 granted full pardons to covered convicted January 6 defendants other than fourteen named commutation recipients. Farhad Azari was not among the fourteen, and the Office of the Pardon Attorney lists “AZARI, FARHAD” as a certificate recipient.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadPeter Michael Krill Jr. receives full January 6 pardon
Proclamation 10887 granted a full, complete, and unconditional pardon covering Krill’s January 6 conviction. The Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists KRILL, PETER MICHAEL as a certificate recipient.
📍 United States
ReadRichard Barnett pardoned and released
President Donald J. Trump’s January 20, 2025 proclamation covered Barnett’s January 6 offenses. The Office of the Pardon Attorney lists him as a certificate recipient, and local reporting states he was released that night.
📍 Federal custody
ReadAndrew Michael Cavanaugh receives January 6 full pardon
Cavanaugh’s covered conviction fell under the January 20, 2025 full-pardon proclamation. The Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists his full name among certificate recipients.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadBradley and Matthew Bokoski receive full January 6 pardons
The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted full pardons to covered convicted January 6 defendants outside the fourteen named commutation recipients. The Office of the Pardon Attorney later listed both men among certificate recipients.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadFi Duong receives full January 6 pardon
The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full, complete and unconditional pardon to covered defendants in Duong’s class. An individual certificate bearing his name has not been located in the archive.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadZach Rash covered by full January 6 pardon
The January 20, 2025 proclamation commuted fourteen named sentences and fully pardoned the other covered convicted January 6 defendants. Rash was not among the fourteen named commutation recipients. An individual certificate in his name has not yet been captured.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadRobin Lee Reierson Receives Full January 6 Pardon
Proclamation 10887 granted a full pardon to covered January 6 defendants other than fourteen named commutation recipients. The Office of the Pardon Attorney lists REIERSON, ROBIN LEE as a certificate recipient.
📍 United States
ReadDouglas Austin Jensen receives full January 6 pardon
Jensen was covered by the full-pardon provision of the January 20, 2025 proclamation, and the Office of the Pardon Attorney expressly lists him as a certificate recipient. The archive does not claim judicial vacatur or dismissal without a person-specific court order.
📍 United States
ReadSandra Ruth Parker Receives Full January 6 Pardon
Sandra Parker is classified under the full-pardon provision of Proclamation 10887. The Office of the Pardon Attorney lists the exact recipient entry PARKER, SANDRA R. The individual certificate remains pending capture.
📍 United States
ReadSeth Eden Sarty listed as January 6 pardon-certificate recipient
The Office of the Pardon Attorney lists SARTY, SETH EDEN among people who requested and were issued a certificate under the January 20, 2025 proclamation. The individual certificate binary remains pending.
📍 United States
ReadAndrew Alan Hernandez receives a full pardon
The proclamation and DOJ recipient list support classifying Hernandez's clemency as a full pardon.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadPresidential proclamation directs dismissal of Isaac Thomas's pending January 6 indictment
The January 20, 2025 proclamation directed the Attorney General to pursue dismissal with prejudice of pending January 6 indictments. No plea or sentence was verified for Thomas. The native person-specific dismissal motion and final order remain pending capture.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadDaniel Paul Gray covered by full January 6 pardon
Gray was covered by the full-pardon provision of the January 20, 2025 proclamation. The Office of the Pardon Attorney’s published recipient list includes his full name.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadPresident Trump grants Thomas Sibick a full pardon
The proclamation and DOJ certificate-recipient list support classifying Sibick's clemency as a full, complete and unconditional pardon.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadFrank Rocco Giustino Receives Full January 6 Pardon
The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted full pardons to covered defendants other than fourteen named commutation recipients. The Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists GIUSTINO, FRANK ROCCO as a certificate recipient.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadEnrique Tarrio Covered by Full January 6 Pardon
Proclamation 10887 placed fourteen named people in a commutation category and fully pardoned other people convicted of covered January 6 offenses. Tarrio was covered by the full-pardon provision.
📍 United States
ReadFelipe Martinez receives full pardon
The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full, complete and unconditional pardon to covered January 6 defendants other than the named commutation recipients; the Office of the Pardon Attorney lists FELIPE-TONY ANTONIO MARTINEZ as a certificate recipient.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadGovernment moves to dismiss Eric Sun case with prejudice
Following the January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation, the government asked the court to dismiss the case with prejudice. This was a prosecution request until the court ruled.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadWilliam Pope indictment dismissed with prejudice
Following the January 20 pending-case dismissal directive, the government moved to dismiss the indictment with prejudice and the district court granted the motion the same day. Pope was not convicted or sentenced.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadDOJ moves to dismiss Andrew Carvajal information with prejudice
The government moved under Rule 48(a), citing the January 20 presidential directive concerning pending January 6 cases. Carvajal consented to dismissal.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadGovernment moves to dismiss Sarty indictment with prejudice
The government moved under Rule 48(a) to dismiss the indictment with prejudice, citing the January 20 presidential directive concerning pending January 6 prosecutions. Seth joined the motion and Cepane consented.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadBarbara Balmaseda Prosecution Dismissed With Prejudice
A public federal-docket summary reports that the court granted the government’s motion to dismiss Balmaseda’s case with prejudice. The native motion and signed order remain uncaptured, so exact ECF numbers and wording are not inferred.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadEdward Jacob Lang indictment dismissed with prejudice
Judge Carl J. Nichols granted the government’s motion and dismissed the pending indictment with prejudice. Lang had pleaded not guilty, and no January 6 conviction or sentence was entered.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadChristopher Worrell reported released after pardon
Local reporting published January 22 stated that Bureau of Prisons records showed Worrell was no longer in custody as of January 21. Native release paperwork remains pending.
📍 United States
ReadEdward Jacob Lang released after more than four years in pretrial custody
Lang was released from D.C. custody after the dismissal. In a post-release clip later carried in a broadcast transcript, he said January 6 defendants would be “vindicated in the pages of history.” The statement is attributed to Lang.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadWestbury–James family prosecutions dismissed with prejudice
Multiple local reports state that the pending cases against Aaron James, Isaac Westbury, Jonah Westbury and Robert Westbury were dismissed with prejudice. Native dismissal filings remain a capture gap.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadRyan Samsel released from federal custody
CBS New York documented Samsel’s release from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn and published a firsthand interview.
📍 Brooklyn, New York
ReadCourt dismisses Anthony Williams later charge without prejudice
Judge Howell dismissed the one-count superseding indictment without prejudice and directed the clerk to close the case.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadJohn Banuelos indictment dismissed without prejudice
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan granted the government’s Rule 48(a) motion only in part, dismissed the case without prejudice, and vacated all scheduled proceedings.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadRobert Morss gives post-pardon interview
In an attributed CNN interview, Morss described his release, characterized January 6 as a trap, and also stated that he took personal responsibility for his own actions.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadAlex Harkrider gives East Texas interview after release
In a KSLA/KLTV report, Harkrider thanked supporters and discussed returning home, reconnecting with Ryan Nichols, and hoping to return to search-and-rescue and catering. These are attributed firsthand statements.
📍 Carthage, Texas
ReadCleveland Meredith Reported Federal Probation Said He Was Pardoned
A later published report quotes Meredith's January 23, 2025 public Facebook statement that a federal probation officer called and said he was fully pardoned. The archive treats this as an attributed firsthand statement; a person-specific certificate or docket order remains pending.
📍 Public Facebook statement reported by The New Yorker
ReadWKBW publishes Thomas Sibick's post-pardon interview
Sibick discussed release, support, prayer, intent and remorse. His statements remain attributed firsthand testimony rather than independent proof.
📍 Western New York
ReadAndrew Carvajal case dismissed with prejudice
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted the government's motion, dismissed the four-count information with prejudice, vacated the continued plea hearing and release order, and closed the case. No conviction or sentence was entered.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadSarty indictment dismissed with prejudice
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted the government’s motion, dismissed the indictment with prejudice, vacated release orders and scheduled proceedings, denied pending motions as moot, and closed the case. Neither defendant was convicted or sentenced.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadAndy Steven Oliva-Lopez appeal docketed in D.C. Circuit
A notice of appeal from district case No. 1:24-cr-00343-LLA-1 opened D.C. Circuit No. 25-3010.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadEric Sun case dismissed with prejudice
Judge Loren L. AliKhan granted the government’s Rule 48(a) motion, corrected the motion’s “indictment” reference to the Information, dismissed the Information with prejudice, vacated all pending hearings and deadlines, and terminated the case. No sentence was imposed.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadCourt Addresses Rhodes Supervised Release
The district court held the judicial sentence remained intact but the affected defendants were no longer bound by supervised-release conditions.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadNathan DeGrave Post-Pardon Interview Published
The Connect with Johnny Mitchell published a long-form interview listing DeGrave as its guest. Native audio and a complete transcript remain pending; statements are attributed firsthand claims.
📍 Online
ReadBarnett gives post-release television interview
In a Newsmax appearance, Barnett expressed that he had no regrets, described the hardship of imprisonment, and explained his political interpretation of January 6. The statements are attributed to Barnett.
📍 Television interview
ReadCivil claims against Julian Khater dismissed with prejudice in Garza v. Trump
The public docket summary reports that the plaintiff voluntarily stipulated to dismissal with prejudice of all claims against Julian Elie Khater. This ended the civil claims against Khater but was not a new criminal acquittal, damages ruling, or final disposition of the remaining claims against other parties.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadD.C. Circuit vacates judgment and remands
The D.C. Circuit vacated the district-court judgment and remanded with instructions to dismiss the case as moot following the pardon.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadBarnett case dismissed after pardon
Reporting on the court filings states that the government sought vacatur, the D.C. Circuit remanded, and the district case was dismissed as moot. The reported order stated that dismissal was not a judicial finding of innocence.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadD.C. Circuit dismissal reported after Barnett pardon
Arkansas reporting states that the appellate case was dismissed following the pardon. The native dismissal order remains pending capture.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadTim Hale publishes post-release Daniel Caldwell interview
The publisher documented an interview exceeding two hours about Caldwell’s background, January 6, incarceration, rebuilding, and his stated goal of obtaining and publishing Metropolitan Police Department video. Claims remain attributed pending native-media and transcript review.
📍 United States
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