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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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Rebecca Lavrenz discusses pardon, monitoring, and appeal
In a publisher-hosted interview, Lavrenz said her probation officer directed removal of her monitor after the pardon and described her desire to continue challenging trial rulings. These are attributed firsthand statements.
📍 Colorado
ReadRichard Avirett describes plans for community café and entertainment venue
Now Georgia published attributed comments from Avirett about rebranding his Clarkesville business, expanding live entertainment, and creating a welcoming community venue.
📍 Clarkesville, Georgia
ReadDerrick Evans post-pardon interview published
Better for America published a long-form interview and transcript covering Evans’s arrest, prosecution, incarceration, family effects, political views, and pardon. The statements remain attributed to Evans.
📍 Podcast publication
ReadChristopher Worrell post-pardon interview published
239 UNCENSORED published an approximately 72-minute interview listing. The archive treats it as a firsthand-source lead; native audio, transcript, quotations, and claim-by-claim review remain pending.
ReadStephen Horn appears on Arms and Arguments
The episode listing identifies Horn as a guest discussing his January 6 experience and creation of 79 Minutes. Statements remain attributed firsthand material pending native audio and transcript review.
📍 Online
ReadTennessee post-trial acquittal and new-trial requests denied
A separate March 10 order denied Kelley’s post-trial requests for acquittal or a new trial in the Eastern District of Tennessee case.
📍 Knoxville, Tennessee
Read1442 Cocktails and Café opens in Clarkesville
A local report documented the opening of Avirett’s rebranded venue and preserved his attributed comments about the transition and community response.
📍 Clarkesville, Georgia
ReadCourt denies application of January 6 pardon to Tennessee case
Judge Thomas A. Varlan ruled that the separate December 2022 Tennessee conduct was outside the scope of the January 6 pardon.
📍 Knoxville, Tennessee
ReadGovernment files unopposed motion to vacate in Oliva-Lopez appeal
The public docket snapshot records an unopposed government motion to vacate. No later order or mandate was verified in this review.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadThomas Edward Caldwell receives full and unconditional pardon
President Donald J. Trump issued an individual full and unconditional pardon to Thomas Edward Caldwell for the remaining offense in United States v. Rhodes, III et al., No. 1:22-cr-15.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadCourt denies Rule 48 dismissal request
The court denied the government's requested dismissal procedure and ordered further Section 2255 briefing; the pardon itself was not denied.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadSteven Patrick Cook post-pardon interview published
Capital News Service published attributed firsthand statements from Cook about release after the pardon, community support, and his account of the arrest circumstances.
ReadTarrio and Co-Plaintiffs File Civil-Rights Action
Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, Ethan Nordean, Dominic Pezzola, and Zachary Rehl filed a civil action alleging constitutional violations and malicious prosecution. The allegations remain unresolved claims.
📍 U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
ReadFEC records Derrick Evans 2026 House candidacy filing
The FEC records a June 20, 2025 statement of candidacy for West Virginia House District 1. Final May 2026 primary materials later omitted Evans, and the reason remains unresolved pending an official election-administration record.
📍 Federal Election Commission / West Virginia
ReadLife sentence imposed in Edward Kelley's separate Tennessee case
U.S. District Judge Thomas A. Varlan sentenced Edward J. Kelley to life imprisonment on July 2, 2025 in E.D. Tennessee case No. 3:22-cr-118-TAV-JEM-1. The sentence concerns the separate Tennessee convictions, not the January 6 offenses covered by presidential clemency.
📍 Knoxville, Tennessee
ReadCourt rules on William Pope post-dismissal motions
Judge Rudolph Contreras denied additional production and sanctions, granted return of sensitive materials, and treated dismissal with prejudice as the end of the criminal proceeding.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadCourt orders renewed briefing on Cindy Young sealed-filings dispute
Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey directed renewed sealed briefing on whether ECF Nos. 63 and 64 should remain sealed. The order did not itself unseal the records or resolve Young’s post-trial requests.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadBarnett seeks return of restitution and assessments
Federal defenders reportedly filed a motion seeking return of $2,455 following vacatur and dismissal. No native ruling resolving the request was located during this review.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadMark Crowder appears at Senate Quiet Skies hearing
The official HSGAC hearing page identifies Senior Federal Air Marshal Mark Crowder as a witness at the September 30, 2025 hearing concerning the Quiet Skies program.
📍 U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
ReadCourt partly denies and partly holds Daniel Morrissey’s Rule 60 motion in abeyance
Judge Reggie B. Walton denied without prejudice the portions of Morrissey’s Rule 60(b)(3) motion seeking damages against former counsel and the prosecutor, held the remaining portions in abeyance, and denied without prejudice an emergency monetary-relief motion. Morrissey’s allegations remained claims, not adjudicated findings.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadOmnibus Motion / Motion for New Trial
Hearing on omnibus motion including motion for new trial. Transcript available.
ReadWilliam Pope files D.C. Circuit appeal No. 25-3102
The D.C. Circuit docket records an appeal from D.D.C. case 1:21-cr-00128-RC-1. No final appellate outcome has been verified.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadFourth Circuit hears argument in United States v. Speed
The Fourth Circuit heard oral argument in appeal No. 23-4308 concerning Speed’s separate National Firearms Act judgment.
📍 Richmond, Virginia
ReadJack Smith gives House Judiciary deposition on January 6 investigation
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith gave a transcribed deposition to the House Judiciary Committee. The questioning addressed the election-related January 6 investigation, congressional toll-record subpoenas, National Archives evidence, privilege issues, witnesses, and investigative methods. The event records testimony and oversight activity; it does not establish the truth of every disputed claim discussed during the deposition.
📍 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
ReadAmerican Oversight Files FOIA Lawsuit for January 6 and Clemency Communications
American Oversight filed a D.D.C. FOIA action seeking senior DOJ and FBI communications concerning January 6, election certification, and the January 20, 2025 pardons and commutations. The requested-record descriptions remain the plaintiff’s allegations; the filing and ongoing docket are verified procedural facts.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadTodd Huff Show publishes long-form interview with Daniel Morrissey
The Todd Huff Show published a roughly 40-minute interview and transcript with Daniel Michael Morrissey. His statements concerning January 6, prosecution, counsel, government conduct, post-conviction litigation, and attempted pardon rejection remain attributed firsthand claims pending record-by-record corroboration.
ReadSenate releases additional Christine Crowder FBI records
Chairman Rand Paul released a 70-page packet of committee findings, timeline material, and redacted FBI records concerning the investigation and mistaken-identity closure.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadCounterflow publishes long-form Stewart Rhodes interview
Counterflow with Buck Johnson published Episode 395 featuring Stewart Rhodes. Publisher and podcast-catalog listings verify the episode, date and approximate 88-minute runtime. The described topics and any statements in the recording remain attributed to Rhodes and the host pending native-media capture, transcript review and claim-level corroboration.
📍 Podcast / online publication
ReadSteel News publishes long-form Adam Villarreal interview
Steel News with Ann Vandersteel published a 42-minute interview featuring Adam Villarreal. The publisher says the discussion covered his January 6 case, a period it describes as life on the run, 1600 Unscripted, and a congressional January 6 hearing. These remain attributed firsthand statements and publisher descriptions pending native-media review.
ReadBrian Mock appears on Going Rogue with Lara Logan
Lara Logan TV published a long-form interview with Brian Mock on January 16, 2026. The official listing identifies episode 56 and a runtime of 1:25:34. Publisher chapter markers describe discussion of Mock’s January 6 case, arrest and detention, his allegations concerning jail and prison practices, constitutional-rights claims, prison reform, and the First Step Act. The archive treats those statements as Mock’s attributed firsthand account pending full transcript review and corroboration.
📍 Recorded interview / online publication
ReadStewart Rhodes appears on Cowboy Logic after release
Real America's Voice News published a Cowboy Logic segment listing Stewart Rhodes and Ivan Raiklin as guests. The source is preserved as a verified post-release interview listing. Statements in the program remain attributed, and transcript-level review is pending.
📍 Real America's Voice News / Cowboy Logic
ReadDaniel Paul Gray post-release interview published
Couple O’ Nukes published a catalog-listed 59-minute interview with Gray. Statements and episode themes remain attributed firsthand material pending transcript review.
ReadCourt denies Thomas Webster request to vacate convictions
Judge Amit P. Mehta denied Webster’s petition for a writ of error coram nobis. The ruling left the historical convictions in place while the presidential pardon remained effective.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadDaniel Paul Gray Joe Rooz interview published
The Joe Rooz Show published an approximately 83-minute interview with Gray concerning accountability, grace, recovery, faith, writing, family, and rebuilding.
ReadBrian Mock’s Minnesota Senate campaign publicly reported
MPR News reported that Mock was seeking the Republican nomination for Minnesota Senate District 15; his campaign site presents his own biography and political framing.
📍 Minnesota Senate District 15
ReadOffice of the Pardon Attorney listed Peter Stager
The Office of the Pardon Attorney’s public recipient page, updated March 5, 2026, includes the exact entry “STAGER, PETER.” The individual certificate binary remains pending capture.
📍 U.S. Department of Justice
ReadPublic Pardon-Certificate List Did Not Show a Meredith Entry
The Office of the Pardon Attorney's public January 6 certificate-recipient page was updated March 5, 2026. A July 25, 2026 archive check did not locate a Meredith entry. This means official list confirmation remains absent; it does not prove clemency was denied.
📍 U.S. Department of Justice website
ReadCourt enters qualified-immunity judgment in Victoria White civil case
Judge Carl J. Nichols granted two MPD officers judgment on the pleadings on qualified-immunity grounds. The ruling assumed without definitively deciding that a constitutional violation may have occurred and held that White had not shown clearly established law governing the particular tunnel circumstances.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadSullivan FTCA class-action complaint filed
A 15-page complaint filed in the Middle District of Florida identifies Christopher J. Worrell as a proposed Group One class member. The filing contains plaintiffs’ allegations and requests; no class certification, liability ruling, damages award, or prevailing party is claimed.
📍 Ocala, Florida
ReadCourt denies Brian Mock and Cindy Young intervention in Dunn v. Austin
Judge Dabney L. Friedrich denied Mock’s and Young’s motions to intervene in the January 6 plaque litigation. The ruling addressed Article III standing and permissive intervention and did not resolve the truth of their broader firsthand assertions.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadCourt denies Mock and Young intervention motions
Judge Dabney L. Friedrich denied Brian Mock’s and Cindy Lou Young’s motions to intervene in Dunn v. Austin for lack of standing and declined permissive intervention. The underlying plaque litigation was not decided by this ruling.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadLee v. Trump summary-judgment and official-acts immunity ruling
Judge Amit P. Mehta largely denied Donald J. Trump’s summary-judgment request based on official-acts immunity while granting immunity for specified conduct the court classified as official. The court also denied reconsideration of its First Amendment ruling but certified that issue for interlocutory review and struck the United States’ Westfall Act certification. The ruling did not establish final civil liability or damages.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadCourt Dismisses Original Tarrio Complaint With Leave to Amend
The court dismissed the original complaint without prejudice and allowed amendment. The order did not adjudicate the merits of the later second amended complaint.
📍 Orlando, Florida
ReadDOJ Requests Vacatur of Rhodes Convictions
DOJ asked the D.C. Circuit to vacate and remand for dismissal. The request was not itself a final ruling.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadFourth Circuit affirms separate firearms judgment
A unanimous published panel affirmed the judgment in No. 23-4308. Judge Quattlebaum wrote the court’s opinion; Judges Wilkinson and Richardson filed separate concurrences.
📍 Richmond, Virginia
ReadNorth State Journal reports on Stephen Horn public-records project
The report identifies Horn as the creator of a searchable North Carolina public-records database and includes his attributed statements about the project and January 6.
📍 North Carolina
ReadFederal court dismisses Epps v. Fox News amended complaint
Judge Jennifer L. Hall dismissed the amended complaint because it did not plausibly plead actual malice. The opinion did not hold that every challenged statement was true.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
ReadSecond Amended Complaint Filed in Tarrio v. United States
The five plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint with fourteen listed exhibits. The case remained ongoing on the public docket updated July 10, 2026.
📍 U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
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