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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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Evidence the DOJ Tried to Erase
The scrubbed federal record — preserved and hash-verified.
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Accountability Index
Everyone named in the record, grouped by agency.
The Nexus
Force-directed graph of the co-defendant network.
The Timeline
Every arrest and sentencing, month by month.
The Geography
Every J6 defendant plotted by home state.
Nov 5, 2024
Contemporaneous report on Fi Duong sentencing
CNN report republished by WHDH recording the sentence and attributed prosecution, defense and judicial statements.
ReadNov 4, 2024
Information charging Eric Sun with two Capitol misdemeanors
Two-count Information filed in United States v. Sun, No. 1:24-cr-00491-LLA. The charges were allegations at filing.
ReadOct 16, 2024
Robin Lee Reierson Sentenced and Remanded — October 16, 2024
Chicago reports record 18 months’ imprisonment, 36 months’ supervised release, a $5,000 fine, and $2,000 restitution. ABC7 reported immediate remand.
ReadSep 23, 2024
Motions Hearing Transcript — Sep 8, 2022 (ECF 338)
Motions hearing before Judge Thomas F. Hogan, September 8, 2022. Official transcript.
ReadSep 20, 2024
DOJ notice of Ryan Samsel’s scheduled sentencing
DOJ co-defendant sentencing release stating that Samsel was scheduled for sentencing on February 4, 2025. No sentence was imposed before the January 20, 2025 pardon. Canonical-URL SHA-256: 8064381e222bdd4265d3d38b136614e95ebc5f9d25f6ac4bd29882a6ec09ec42. Capture: canonical HTML reviewed July 24, 2026.
ReadSep 17, 2024
DOJ Guilty-Plea Announcement — Andy Steven Oliva-Lopez
DOJ announcement reporting a September 17, 2024 guilty plea to one felony count under 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1) before Judge Loren L. AliKhan.
ReadSep 5, 2024
Jacquelyn Starer — DOJ sentencing record
Official DOJ record reporting a nine-month prison sentence, twenty-four months of supervised release, and $4,000 in restitution and fines.
ReadAug 26, 2024
D.C. Circuit Appeal Docket — United States v. Rebecca Lavrenz, No. 24-3105
Public docket mirror showing that Lavrenz filed a notice of appeal on August 26, 2024, from D.D.C. case No. 1:23-cr-00066-ZMF-1. The captured mirror contains only opening entries and does not establish the final disposition.
ReadAug 23, 2024
DOJ Bench-Trial Conviction Record for Justin Lee
Official U.S. Attorney’s Office release reporting that Judge Trevor N. McFadden found Justin Lee guilty after a bench trial on two felony counts and three misdemeanor counts.
ReadAug 16, 2024
DOJ Records Edward Richmond Jr. Guilty Plea
Official DOJ release reporting Richmond’s August 15, 2024 guilty plea to one felony count under 18 U.S.C. §§ 111(a)(1) and 111(b).
ReadAug 12, 2024
Rebecca Lavrenz Sentencing Report — August 12, 2024
Contemporary local report stating that Lavrenz received one year of probation, six months of home confinement, a $103,000 fine, and $500 restitution. The signed judgment remains pending.
ReadAug 9, 2024
Associated Press Sentencing Report — David Dempsey, Defense Position, and Attributed Apology
Associated Press courthouse reporting on David Dempsey’s August 9, 2024 sentencing, including the sentence, Judge Lamberth’s remarks, defense counsel Amy Collins’s request for a lower sentence, and statements attributed directly to Dempsey. Quotations and advocacy remain attributed to their speakers.
ReadAug 9, 2024
DOJ Sentencing Announcement — David Nicholas Dempsey
Official DOJ announcement that Judge Royce C. Lamberth sentenced David Nicholas Dempsey on August 9, 2024 to 240 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and $2,000 restitution after his January 4, 2024 guilty plea to two felony assault counts. Conduct descriptions remain attributed to DOJ and court documents.
ReadAug 2, 2024
Government Sentencing Memorandum — United States v. David Nicholas Dempsey
The government’s 46-page sentencing memorandum in United States v. Dempsey, No. 1:21-cr-00566-RCL, filed August 2, 2024 as ECF No. 69. It verifies the full case number, indictment and superseding-information chronology, two-count January 4, 2024 guilty plea, prosecution sentencing request, and the government’s factual and Guidelines arguments. It is prosecution advocacy, not the court’s judgment.
ReadJul 19, 2024
Steven Patrick Cook — 28-Month Sentence
Official DOJ sentencing announcement reporting 28 months of imprisonment, 36 months of supervised release, and $2,000 restitution.
ReadJul 10, 2024
DOJ Sentencing Announcement — Alan St. Onge, Kyle Kumer and William Stover
DOJ announcement reporting Judge Carl J. Nichols’s July 9, 2024 sentences, including 18 months’ imprisonment, 36 months’ supervised release and $2,000 restitution for Alan St. Onge.
ReadJul 2, 2024
Supreme Court vacates Edward Lang appellate judgment after Fischer
The Supreme Court granted Lang’s petition, vacated the D.C. Circuit judgment, and remanded for reconsideration in light of Fischer v. United States.
ReadJul 1, 2024
Northern District of Mississippi transfer and release order for Thomas Eugene Tatum
A July 1, 2024 order in United States v. Tatum, No. 4:24-MJ-1027-JMV, states that Tatum was released from custody and ordered to appear virtually in the District of Columbia on July 9, 2024. The text is preserved from a public legal-opinion mirror; the native PDF remains pending.
ReadJul 1, 2024
Robin Lee Reierson Guilty Plea — July 1, 2024
Reporting based on a Justice Department release states that Reierson pleaded guilty to one felony count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers before Judge Reggie B. Walton.
ReadJun 28, 2024
Fischer v. United States — Supreme Court docket
Official Supreme Court docket recording the June 28, 2024 judgment that narrowed the scope of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2).
ReadJun 28, 2024
Jacob Chansley — Fischer v. United States Legal Context
The Supreme Court narrowed §1512(c)(2), the sole offense to which Chansley pleaded guilty. No Chansley-specific post-Fischer vacatur order was verified in this review.
ReadJun 26, 2024
D.D.C. public unsealing record for United States v. Tatum
The District Court for the District of Columbia’s official 2024 unsealed-cases index identifies USA v. TATUM, case 24-cr-291, and records an order unsealing the case upon arrest dated June 26, 2024, posted June 27, 2024.
ReadJun 26, 2024
DOJ announces Thomas Eugene Tatum’s arrest and January 6 charges
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia reported that the FBI arrested Thomas Eugene Tatum in Oxford, Mississippi on June 26, 2024 and described a felony civil-disorder allegation and several misdemeanor allegations. DOJ expressly stated that the complaint was only an allegation and that Tatum was presumed innocent.
ReadJun 13, 2024
Stephen Michael Baker — D.C. Circuit Docket No. 24-3082
The public appellate docket identifies Stephen Michael Baker, D.C. Circuit case No. 24-3082, and the underlying district prosecution as No. 1:24-cr-00121-CRC-1. It is a key identity source separating him from Stephen Maury Baker.
ReadJun 7, 2024
Farhad Azari — June 7, 2024 Sentencing Record
Contemporary report and public docket record of the June 7, 2024 sentence: 30 months’ imprisonment, with supervision and financial terms reported pending the signed judgment.
ReadMay 28, 2024
D.C. Circuit opinion affirming Thomas Webster convictions and sentence
The 29-page published opinion in No. 22-3064 affirmed Webster’s convictions and ten-year sentence after addressing venue, jury impartiality, cross-examination, jury instructions, and sentencing challenges.
ReadMay 23, 2024
DOJ Record of Alex Harkrider Sentence
Official DOJ release reporting that Judge Royce C. Lamberth sentenced Alex Kirk Harkrider on May 23, 2024 to 24 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and $2,000 restitution.
ReadMay 20, 2024
IGP Timeline grid: dates/issues/jail responses Nov 2023-May 2024
Detailed Inmate Grievance Procedure (IGP) timeline grid tracking medical and procedural complaints from 11/19/23 through 5/20/24, with columns for date, issue, jail must provide response by, and steps 2-4 of grievance escalation.
ReadMay 10, 2024
Government Sentencing Memorandum — United States v. Alan St. Onge, ECF No. 142
The government’s May 10, 2024 sentencing memorandum requested 21 months’ imprisonment, three years’ supervised release, $2,000 restitution and a $200 special assessment. This is prosecution advocacy, not the sentence ultimately imposed.
ReadMay 7, 2024
United States v. Westbury — May 7, 2024 Charging-Procedure Ruling
Public transcription and summary of Judge Rudolph Contreras’s ruling denying Aaron James and Isaac Westbury’s motion alleging vindictive prosecution. The ruling addressed charging procedure, not guilt.
ReadMay 7, 2024
Judgment — United States v. Nichols (ECF 314)
Final judgment: 63 months, signed by Judge Royce C. Lamberth on May 5, 2024. The official court record, linked at its source.
ReadMay 7, 2024
Sentencing Transcript — May 2, 2024 (ECF 316)
Full transcript of the sentencing hearing before Judge Royce C. Lamberth. 57 pages, official court reporter record.
ReadMay 3, 2024
FBI Statement of Facts in United States v. Thomas Eugene Tatum
Twenty-page FBI affidavit attested May 3, 2024 in United States v. Tatum, No. 1:24-cr-00291-JDB. The filing asserts probable cause for civil-disorder and restricted-grounds/Capitol-conduct offenses and recounts video evidence and testimony attributed to Tatum. It is preserved as a government probable-cause filing, not as an independent finding of guilt.
ReadMay 2, 2024
Press record: Ryan Nichols sentenced — 63 months + $200,000 (May 2, 2024)
Public reporting that on May 2, 2024 Ryan Nichols was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison and a $200,000 fine. Cataloged as part of the public record.
ReadMay 1, 2024
Medical Notes 5/1/24 - Dr. Lute quit over jail conditions
Brief medical note noting weight loss to 218.8 lbs (down from 232), still no Levothyroxine; an officer reported Dr. Lute quit because she "didnt like how the jail was moving."
ReadMay 1, 2024
Lee Stutts Superseding-Indictment Report — Native Filing Pending
A May 5, 2024 report states that a May 1 superseding indictment added two officer-assault counts and brought the reported total to fifteen. The native filing remains pending.
ReadMay 1, 2024
Texas Court Register of Actions - State v. Nichols 2018-0666 Assault Misdemeanor
Texas state court Register of Actions for State v. Ryan Taylor Nichols, Case 2018-0666, Class A Assault misdemeanor filed 10/04/2018 in County Court at Law #1 before Judge Joe Black. Includes case history through 2020.
ReadApr 30, 2024
Jacquelyn Starer — DOJ guilty-plea record
Official DOJ record reporting Starer’s April 30, 2024 guilty plea to two felony counts and six misdemeanor counts.
ReadApr 30, 2024
Government Sentencing Memorandum (ECF 307)
The government's sentencing position in United States v. Nichols.
ReadApr 29, 2024
DC DOC Informal Resolution 4/29/24 - Levothyroxine Dosage (Dr. Andre, Dr/Nurse Salami)
DC DOC PP 4030.1 Attachment C Inmate Informal Resolution Complaint Form filed by Ryan Nichols (DCDC# 376795, Unit C3A) on 4/29/24 about Health Care: he received an increased Levothyroxine dosage (175 mcg) on 4/26/24 without informed consent, despite previous heartbeat-rate issues he had discussed with Dr. Andre on 4/15/24. Dr/Nurse Salami told him 4/26/24 to file a medical request. As of 4/29/24 he is OUT of his 150mcg Levothyroxine.
ReadApr 29, 2024
DC DOC Level 1 Appeal 4/29/24 - denied medical visits, coerced signature
DC DOC PP 4030.1 Attachment F Level 1 Appeal by Ryan Nichols 4/29/24 alleging jail officers deliberately denied medical visits and coerced him to sign IGP stating issue was resolved when it wasnt; references IGP# 20240313-316.
ReadApr 29, 2024
DC DOC Level 1 Appeal 4/29/24 - T. Campbell improperly denied IGPs
DC DOC Level 1 Appeal by Ryan Nichols 4/29/24 claiming T. Campbell denied both Step 1 and Step 2 stating issue was addressed in IGP #20240304-073 - which Nichols says is a completely different grievance.
ReadApr 29, 2024
Medical Notes 4/17-4/29/24: Bonnie call, Dr Johnson/Salami, denied grievances
Medical log noting testosterone shot, bloodwork, Dr Johnson re Zoloft, Officer McKelton delivering manilla envelope of denied grievances, wrong Levothyroxine dosage, and Dr. Salami denial.
ReadApr 29, 2024
Defense Sentencing Memorandum (ECF 303)
Ryan's sentencing memorandum with its exhibit set — the defense case for leniency, on the record.
ReadApr 29, 2024
D. Gaskins Letter IGP Step Tracking Notes
Yellow legal pad notes tracking IGP grievance steps related to D. Gaskins letter, with dates for Steps 1-3 and Step 4 left blank.
ReadApr 29, 2024
Dr. Lute Appt Denials step tracker 3/8/24-4/29/24
Yellow legal pad tracker showing IGP step submission dates for Dr. Lute appointment denials: Step 1 (3/8/24), Step 2 (3/29/24), Step 3 (4/29/24).
ReadApr 29, 2024
Psr Objections Exhibit I
Psr Objections Exhibit I — from the Ryan Nichols master exhibit archive (EX-010), preserved and published as part of the complete J6 record.
ReadApr 24, 2024
DC DOC Denial of IGP - Nichols 2/29/24 (We Have No History - T. Campbell)
DC DOC PP 4030.1 Attachment B Denial of Inmate IGP Form returning Nichols grievance dated 2/29/24 (received 3/04/24, returned 4/24/24). IGP NUMBER #20240424-654. IGP Coordinator T. Campbell checked Other: WE HAVE NO HISTORY OF THIS GRIEVANCE - directly contradicting that the prior grievance was filed. Critical evidence of the IGP process sabotage Nichols was documenting.
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