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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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Jan 20, 2025
Office of the Pardon Attorney — Ryan Stephen Samsel certificate-recipient listing
The Office of the Pardon Attorney lists “SAMSEL, RYAN STEPHEN” among individuals who requested and were issued January 6 pardon certificates. Canonical-URL SHA-256: 3186b7a5a6c73ffca231aaccd067418e5f05283ae13582d8434a3647dc55d4c3. Capture: current DOJ HTML reviewed July 24, 2026; person-specific certificate binary pending.
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Office of the Pardon Attorney recipient entry for Brian Christopher Mock
The Office of the Pardon Attorney’s public FOIA release lists “MOCK, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER” among people who requested and were issued a certificate under the January 20, 2025 January 6 pardon proclamation.
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Office of the Pardon Attorney Recipient Record — Alan Michael St. Onge
The Office of the Pardon Attorney’s public certificate-recipient page lists “ST.ONGE, ALAN MICHAEL,” verifying that a January 6 pardon certificate was requested and issued. The individual certificate PDF remains uncaptured.
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Office of the Pardon Attorney Record Listing Aaron Gilbert James
Official DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney recipient page listing JAMES, AARON GILBERT among people issued a certificate under the January 20, 2025 January 6 clemency proclamation.
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Office of the Pardon Attorney Record Listing Barbara Yazmin Balmaseda
The official Office of the Pardon Attorney recipient page includes the exact entry “BALMASEDA, BARBARA YAZMIN” among people who requested and were issued a pardon certificate. Her individual certificate PDF remains pending.
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Office of the Pardon Attorney record listing Daniel Ray Caldwell
Official DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney list identifying CALDWELL, DANIEL RAY among people who requested and were issued a certificate under the January 20, 2025 January 6 pardon proclamation.
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Office of the Pardon Attorney Record Listing Douglas Austin Jensen
Official DOJ recipient list expressly includes JENSEN, DOUGLAS AUSTIN among people issued January 6 pardon certificates.
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Office of the Pardon Attorney Record Listing Frank Rocco Giustino
The official pardon-certificate recipient list expressly includes GIUSTINO, FRANK ROCCO. Read together with the January 20, 2025 proclamation, this supports classification of his relief as a full pardon rather than one of the fourteen named sentence commutations.
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Office of the Pardon Attorney Record Listing Jonathan Gennaro Mellis
Official DOJ recipient list states that the listed people requested and were issued a pardon certificate and includes “MELLIS, JONATHAN GENNARO.” The person-specific certificate binary remains pending.
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Office of the Pardon Attorney Record Listing Lonnie Leroy Coffman
Official DOJ recipient list includes “COFFMAN, LONNIE LEROY” among people who requested and were issued a pardon certificate. The individual certificate binary remains pending.
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Office of the Pardon Attorney Record Listing Peter Michael Krill
Official DOJ recipient list containing the exact entry KRILL, PETER MICHAEL among people who requested and were issued January 6 pardon certificates.
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Office of the Pardon Attorney Record Listing Robin Lee Reierson
The Office of the Pardon Attorney’s certificate-recipient page includes the exact entry “REIERSON, ROBIN LEE.” The individual certificate PDF remains uncaptured.
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Office of the Pardon Attorney Record Listing Scott Fairlamb
Official Office of the Pardon Attorney public list naming FAIRLAMB, SCOTT among January 6 pardon-certificate recipients.
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Office of the Pardon Attorney Record Listing Stephen Ethan Horn
Official DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney page listing HORN, STEPHEN ETHAN among January 6 pardon-certificate recipients.
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Office of the Pardon Attorney Record Listing Stephen Michael Ayres
Official DOJ recipient list expressly includes AYRES, STEPHEN MICHAEL among people issued January 6 pardon certificates.
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Office of the Pardon Attorney record listing Thomas Webster as a pardon-certificate recipient
The DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney’s public FOIA release lists “WEBSTER, THOMAS” among people issued a certificate under the January 20, 2025 January 6 pardon proclamation.
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Pardon Attorney record listing Anthony Robert Williams
The DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney public certificate-recipient list includes WILLIAMS, ANTHONY ROBERT under the January 20, 2025 clemency action.
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Pardon Attorney record listing Jacquelyn Jennifer Starer
The Office of the Pardon Attorney’s public recipient list expressly includes STARER, JACQUELYN JENNIFER among January 6 pardon-certificate recipients.
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Pardon Attorney record listing Richard Barnett as a certificate recipient
The Office of the Pardon Attorney’s public FOIA release lists BARNETT, RICHARD among people issued a certificate under the January 20, 2025 January 6 pardon proclamation.
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Pardon Attorney Record Listing Stephen Maury Baker
The Office of the Pardon Attorney lists BAKER, STEPHEN MAURY among January 6 pardon-certificate recipients. The record supports Stephen Maury Baker’s full-pardon status and also confirms his identity separately from Stephen Michael Baker.
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Pardon status record for Felipe-Tony Antonio Martinez
Official proclamation and Office of the Pardon Attorney recipient record.
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Proclamation 10887 — January 6 pardons and commutations
The proclamation commuted fourteen specifically named sentences and granted full pardons to other covered convicted January 6 defendants. Worrell was not among the fourteen named commutations.
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Proclamation 10887 — January 6 Pardons and Commutations
President Donald J. Trump’s January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to covered convicted January 6 defendants other than the fourteen people specifically named for sentence commutations. Avirett’s misdemeanor conviction falls within the full-pardon provision.
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Andrew Alan Hernandez pardon-certificate recipient entry
DOJ Pardon Attorney listing naming Andrew Alan Hernandez as a certificate recipient.
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Farhad Azari — Pardon Certificate Recipient Record
The Office of the Pardon Attorney’s public certificate-recipient page lists the exact entry “AZARI, FARHAD.” The individual certificate PDF remains uncaptured.
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Kaleb Dillard — January 6 Full-Pardon Record
Source-backed clemency record connecting the January 20, 2025 proclamation with the DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney certificate-recipient listing for DILLARD, KALEB.
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Office of the Pardon Attorney Record Listing Thomas Frank Sibick
DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney listing naming SIBICK, THOMAS FRANK as a certificate recipient. Read with the proclamation, it supports full-pardon classification.
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Pardon Attorney record listing Victoria Charity White
The DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney lists WHITE, VICTORIA CHARITY among January 6 pardon-certificate recipients.
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Pardon Grant
Pardon Grant — from the Ryan Nichols master exhibit archive (EX-001), preserved and published as part of the complete J6 record.
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Presidential pardon of January 6 defendants (January 20, 2025)
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump granted clemency to January 6 defendants, including a full and unconditional pardon for Ryan Nichols. The case was subsequently dismissed with prejudice.
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Richard Barnett — January 6 Pardon Record
Office of the Pardon Attorney records showing Richard Barnett among certificate recipients under the January 20, 2025 January 6 clemency proclamation.
ReadJan 17, 2025
United States v. Brown — D.C. Circuit opinion in Peter Schwartz appeal
Published 43-page D.C. Circuit opinion, 125 F.4th 1186, vacating Schwartz’s § 1512(c)(2) conviction, remanding for resentencing, and holding that compelling him to unlock his cellphone violated the Fifth Amendment. The court directed count-specific harmless-error review and denied the remaining appellate claims.
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Andy Steven Oliva-Lopez — January 17, 2025 Sentencing Report
Contemporary Oregon reporting states that Oliva-Lopez received 51 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, $2,000 restitution, and a $100 special assessment. The signed judgment remains pending.
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Thomas Caldwell Sentenced to Time Served — January 10, 2025
Court-reporting record of Judge Amit P. Mehta sentencing Thomas Caldwell to time served after the obstruction conviction was dismissed following Fischer v. United States. Reporting states that Caldwell had spent approximately 53 days in custody and received no additional supervised release.
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Adam Johnson — Success Is a Choice January 6 Interview
Publisher-listed approximately 44-minute firsthand interview in which Johnson discussed why he traveled to Washington, his Capitol experience, the legal process, personal effects, and lessons he drew from the case.
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Report of Brian Mock’s January 2025 resentencing to time served
The Minnesota Star Tribune reported that Mock was resentenced on January 3, 2025 to time served, with two years of supervised release and $2,000 restitution. The later Dunn v. Austin opinion independently cites an amended judgment imposing time served.
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Anthony Williams civil-disorder superseding indictment
The district-court record identifies ECF No. 162 as a one-count superseding indictment alleging civil disorder under 18 U.S.C. §231(a)(3). The charge was an allegation and was never adjudicated at trial.
ReadDec 18, 2024
Eric Sun release-conditions order
Order setting conditions of release after the December 18, 2024 plea proceeding.
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Signed plea agreement for Eric Sun
Plea agreement filed December 18, 2024 covering both charged Class B misdemeanors.
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Signed statement of offense for Eric Sun
Signed stipulated factual statement supporting Eric Sun’s guilty pleas.
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Kaleb Dillard — 1819 News Podcast Interview, December 18, 2024
Publisher listing for a 1-hour-31-minute interview about Dillard's January 6 case, incarceration, faith, and relationship with his future wife. Publisher descriptions remain attributed pending full transcript review.
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Guy Reffitt Post-Fischer Resentencing — December 6, 2024
Authoritative reporting on removal of the § 1512(c)(2) obstruction count and resentencing from 87 months to 80 months after Fischer.
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DOJ Sentencing Record for Justin Lee
Official U.S. Attorney’s Office release reporting an 18-month prison sentence, 12 months of supervised release, and $7,500 restitution.
ReadNov 21, 2024
DOJ sentencing release for Zach Rash
Official DOJ release reporting the July 15, 2024 guilty plea and the November 20, 2024 sentence imposed by Judge Randolph D. Moss.
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KSL report on Zach Rash sentencing
Independent local report corroborating the guilty plea and 27-month sentence and reporting an additional $100 financial assessment that remains pending confirmation from the native judgment.
ReadNov 18, 2024
DOJ Records Edward Richmond Jr. 51-Month Sentence
Official DOJ sentencing release reporting 51 months’ imprisonment, 36 months’ supervised release, and $2,000 restitution.
ReadNov 12, 2024
Stephen Michael Baker Pleads Guilty to Four January 6 Misdemeanors
Contemporaneous AP and Washington Post reporting states that Judge Christopher R. Cooper accepted Stephen Michael Baker’s guilty pleas to four misdemeanor counts on November 12, 2024. Baker’s explanations outside court remain attributed firsthand statements.
ReadNov 8, 2024
Edward Kelley District of Columbia Bench-Trial Result
Official DOJ record reporting that Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly found Kelley guilty of three felony and eight misdemeanor counts after a bench trial.
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