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Adam Villarreal

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Adam Villarreal is an artist, entrepreneur, and — by his own account — a former U.S. Navy serviceman who turned four years on the run into a published memoir. Most January 6 stories end with an arrest. Adam Villarreal's never got one for four years. After January 6, the FBI listed him as wanted (FACT: FBI Los Angeles publicized his wanted notice), and he spent roughly four years as a fugitive — a chapter he documents in his self-published book, "Capitol Punishment: A J6 Fugitive Story" (FACT: published 2025, available on Amazon under Adam Ryan Villarreal). THEIR ACCOUNT: In interviews with American Gulag / The Gateway Pundit and on the Steel News podcast with Ann Vandersteel, Villarreal describes his path from artist and entrepreneur to "enemy of the state," and he has used his platform to call for justice for J6 defendants who were still behind bars. The legal fight: a federal complaint was filed in March 2022 and Adam Villarreal was indicted on February 1, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Charges are charges — allegations, not convictions. On January 20, 2025, the presidential clemency proclamation ended the January 6 prosecutions, directing dismissal with prejudice of pending indictments like this one, and Villarreal has publicly celebrated that outcome. Today he tells his story in print and on podcasts. Case record: Case No. 1:23-cr-35, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. DOJ defendant page: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/villarreal-adam. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.