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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 covered by January 6 full pardon
The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full pardon for covered offenses, and the Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists LAVRENZ, REBECCA among certificate recipients.
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ReadScott Fairlamb receives full January 6 pardon
The Office of the Pardon Attorney lists Scott Fairlamb among certificate recipients covered by the January 20, 2025 proclamation’s full-pardon provision.
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ReadBrian P. McCreary receives full January 6 pardon
The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted full pardons to covered convicted January 6 defendants other than the fourteen named commutation recipients. No individual McCreary certificate PDF was located in this review.
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ReadJanuary 6 clemency covers Stephen Michael Baker case
The January 20, 2025 proclamation covered the January 6 offenses in Baker’s case. No person-specific signed post-clemency order or individual pardon-certificate listing has been captured.
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ReadRichard Avirett receives full January 6 pardon
Proclamation 10887 granted a full pardon to covered convicted January 6 defendants outside the fourteen named commutations. The Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists AVIRETT, RICHARD as a certificate recipient.
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ReadStephen Maury Baker receives full January 6 pardon
The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full pardon for covered January 6 offenses. The Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists BAKER, STEPHEN MAURY as a certificate recipient.
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ReadStephen Michael Ayres receives full January 6 pardon
The DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney lists Ayres among people issued certificates under the January 20, 2025 proclamation.
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ReadPeter Francis Stager received full January 6 pardon
The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full pardon covering Stager’s January 6 conviction. The clemency action is recorded separately from the underlying plea and judgment.
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ReadAlex Harkrider receives full January 6 pardon
The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full pardon for covered January 6 offenses. The Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists HARKRIDER, ALEX KIRK among certificate recipients.
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ReadBrian Christopher Mock covered by full January 6 pardon
Mock received executive clemency under the January 20, 2025 proclamation. The Office of the Pardon Attorney lists him as a certificate recipient. The pardon is not described as an acquittal.
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ReadJacquelyn Jennifer Starer covered by full January 6 pardon
Starer was covered by the January 20, 2025 full-pardon provision. The Office of the Pardon Attorney later listed her as a certificate recipient.
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ReadRobert Morss covered by full January 6 pardon
Morss was covered by the proclamation's full-pardon provision and later appeared on the Office of the Pardon Attorney's certificate-recipient list. This clemency action is distinct from an acquittal or appellate reversal.
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ReadHatchet M. Speed receives full January 6 pardon
The January 20, 2025 proclamation covered Speed’s January 6 conviction, and the Office of the Pardon Attorney lists him as a certificate recipient. The separate Virginia firearms judgment is recorded independently.
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ReadBanuelos case covered by January 6 clemency and dismissal directive
Proclamation 10887 directed the Attorney General to pursue dismissal with prejudice of pending January 6 indictments. DOJ’s public certificate page also lists BANUELOS, JOHN EMANUEL; the individual certificate remains pending.
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ReadJonathan Mellis Receives Full January 6 Pardon
Mellis’s covered conviction fell within the full-pardon provision of the January 20, 2025 proclamation. The Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists him as a certificate recipient.
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ReadAaron Gilbert James listed as clemency-certificate recipient
The Office of the Pardon Attorney lists JAMES, AARON GILBERT among people issued a certificate under the January 20, 2025 January 6 clemency proclamation.
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ReadJacob Chansley covered by January 6 pardon proclamation
The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted Chansley a full pardon as a covered January 6 defendant who was not among the fourteen named commutation recipients.
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ReadBarbara Balmaseda Listed as Pardon-Certificate Recipient
The Office of the Pardon Attorney’s public recipient page includes BALMASEDA, BARBARA YAZMIN among people issued a certificate under the January 20, 2025 proclamation. The individual certificate and exact issuance date remain pending.
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ReadAlan St. Onge covered by full January 6 pardon
St. Onge was covered by the proclamation’s full-pardon provision. The Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists him as a certificate recipient.
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ReadRyan Stephen Samsel receives full January 6 pardon
The January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation covered Samsel’s prosecution; the Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists him as a certificate recipient. No sentence had been imposed.
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ReadPending Lee Stutts case covered by January 6 dismissal directive
Proclamation 10887 directed the Attorney General to pursue dismissal with prejudice of pending January 6 indictments. A person-specific dismissal motion and signed order remain uncaptured.
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ReadJanuary 6 pardon covers James Ray Epps
President Donald J. Trump’s January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to individuals convicted of covered January 6 offenses, including Epps.
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ReadJustin Lee covered by full January 6 pardon
The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full pardon to covered convicted January 6 defendants outside the named commutation group. The Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists “LEE, JUSTIN” among certificate recipients; the individual certificate PDF remains pending capture.
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ReadThomas Caldwell’s sentence commuted to time served
President Donald J. Trump specifically named Thomas Caldwell in the January 20, 2025 proclamation commuting 14 January 6-related sentences to time served. This commutation preceded Caldwell’s separate full pardon.
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ReadFelicia Konold receives full January 6 pardon
Proclamation 10887 granted a full, complete and unconditional pardon for covered January 6 offenses. The Office of the Pardon Attorney recipient list includes “KONOLD, FELICIA.”
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ReadNathaniel DeGrave Receives Full January 6 Pardon
Proclamation 10887 granted a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to covered convicted defendants other than the fourteen named commutation recipients. DeGrave was not among the fourteen.
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ReadAnthony Robert Williams receives full pardon for covered convictions
The January 20, 2025 proclamation fully pardoned Williams’s remaining covered January 6 convictions. The Pardon Attorney list names him as a certificate recipient.
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ReadPresidential proclamation directs dismissal of Lang’s pending January 6 case
The January 20 proclamation directed the Justice Department to seek dismissal of pending January 6 indictments. Lang had not been convicted and therefore reached final disposition through the pending-case dismissal provision.
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ReadFederico Klein covered by January 6 pardon proclamation
President Donald J. Trump granted full, complete, and unconditional pardons to covered January 6 defendants other than 14 named commutation recipients. Klein was covered by the full-pardon provision.
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ReadPeter J. Schwartz covered by January 6 pardon
President Donald J. Trump's January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full pardon covering Schwartz's qualifying January 6 convictions. Public reporting documented his release from custody.
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ReadBennie Alvin Parker Receives Full January 6 Pardon
Proclamation 10887 granted full pardons to covered convicted January 6 defendants outside the fourteen named commutations. The Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists Parker as a certificate recipient.
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ReadEdward Richmond Jr. covered by January 6 full pardon
The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted full, complete, and unconditional pardons to covered convicted January 6 defendants other than the fourteen named commutation recipients. Richmond was not among those fourteen.
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ReadAndy Steven Oliva-Lopez covered by full January 6 pardon
The January 20 proclamation granted full pardons to covered convicted January 6 defendants outside the fourteen named commutations. DOJ’s recipient list separately names OLIVA-LOPEZ, ANDY STEVEN.
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ReadGuy Reffitt covered by January 6 pardon
President Donald J. Trump’s January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation covered Reffitt’s January 6 offenses. The Office of the Pardon Attorney lists him as a certificate recipient.
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ReadThomas Webster receives full January 6 pardon
Webster was covered by the full-pardon provision of the January 20, 2025 proclamation and is listed by the Office of the Pardon Attorney as a certificate recipient.
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ReadVictoria Charity White receives full January 6 pardon
White was covered by the January 20, 2025 pardon proclamation, and the Office of the Pardon Attorney lists her as a certificate recipient.
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ReadLonnie Leroy Coffman Listed as Pardon-Certificate Recipient
The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted full pardons to covered convicted January 6 defendants outside the named commutation group. The Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists Lonnie Leroy Coffman as a certificate recipient; the individual certificate binary remains pending.
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ReadKelly Meggs sentence commuted to time served
Proclamation 10887 specifically commuted Kelly Meggs’s sentence to time served. The action was a commutation rather than a full pardon.
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ReadSteven Patrick Cook receives full January 6 pardon
Proclamation 10887 granted a full pardon for Cook’s covered January 6 convictions. The Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists him as a certificate recipient.
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ReadJoseph Hackett Sentence Commuted
President Donald J. Trump commuted Joseph Hackett’s sentence to time served. The proclamation listed Hackett among the commutation recipients rather than the general full-pardon group.
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ReadBenjamin Larocca covered by full January 6 pardon
Larocca was not one of the fourteen named commutation recipients; his covered conviction falls under the proclamation’s full-pardon provision.
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ReadAdam Johnson covered by full January 6 pardon
Johnson was not among the fourteen named sentence-commutation recipients and was covered by the proclamation’s full, complete, and unconditional pardon provision for other covered convicted January 6 defendants.
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ReadMitchell Vukich receives a full January 6 pardon
The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted full, complete, and unconditional pardons to covered convicted defendants not named among the fourteen commutation recipients. Vukich falls within that pardon provision.
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ReadJanuary 6 clemency proclamation directs dismissal of pending indictments
Proclamation 10887 directed the Attorney General to pursue dismissal with prejudice of pending January 6 indictments. Tatum’s prosecution appears to have been pending, but his person-specific dismissal motion, order, and final docket sheet remain pending capture.
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ReadDerrick Evans covered by full January 6 pardon
Evans was not among the fourteen named commutation recipients and was covered by the proclamation’s full, complete, and unconditional pardon provision. The Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists him as a certificate recipient.
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ReadDavid Alan Blair covered by January 6 pardon
The January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation covered Blair’s January 6 conviction, and the Office of the Pardon Attorney separately lists BLAIR, DAVID among certificate recipients.
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ReadJulian Khater covered by January 6 full-pardon provision
The January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to covered convicted January 6 defendants who were not among the fourteen named commutation recipients. Khater was not on the commutation list.
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ReadStewart Rhodes Sentence Commuted
President Donald J. Trump commuted Rhodes' sentence to time served. The proclamation did not grant Rhodes a full pardon.
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