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Avery Carter MacCracken

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Avery Carter MacCracken — Telluride, Colorado. Avery was one of the oldest people charged in the entire January 6 docket — a Telluride, Colorado man in his late 60s from the mountains of San Miguel County. FACT (court record): Avery pleaded guilty to a single count of obstructing officers during a civil disorder. Under his plea agreement the court dropped five other charges. He was sentenced to one year in prison, three years of supervised release, and $2,000 restitution. Charges are charges; the plea is the plea. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to January 6 defendants. A man near 70 who came home to Telluride. There is a lifetime behind that face — decades of work, community, and family in a small Colorado town — and it deserves to be part of the record, not just one afternoon in Washington. If you know Avery, help tell the rest. Claiming this profile is free. THE CASE RECORD Name: Avery Carter MacCracken Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Case: 1:21-mj-00691 Arrested: December 11, 2021, in Telluride, Colorado Disposition: Pleaded guilty October 2023; sentenced May 2024 to one year in prison, three years supervised release, $2,000 restitution. Clemency granted January 20, 2025. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
1:21-mj-00691
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Complaint Filed 12/10/2021 Arrested 12/11/2021
Arrested
December 11, 2021

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