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Benjamin Cohen

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Benjamin Cohen is from Westport, Connecticut. He was 21 when he was arrested in 2023 for his conduct on Jan. 6, 2021 (FACT, per the U.S. Attorney's Office and Connecticut news coverage). The record here is serious, and it is stated plainly. Cohen was charged with civil disorder and with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers — both felonies. Prosecutors said video showed him joining the push against a police line near the Capitol tunnel, one of the most violent areas that day. In July 2024 he pleaded guilty to a felony count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers. On November 8, 2024, he was sentenced to five years of probation, six months of home confinement, and $2,000 in restitution — the judge kept him out of prison. Plain English: this was a felony assault conviction, not a minor charge, and the archive does not understate it. It was also resolved with probation rather than incarceration. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to Jan. 6 defendants, and a pardon reached Cohen's case. Case record: Case No. — 1:23-mj-198 (later 1:23-cr-366). Court — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Complaint — Aug. 8, 2023. Arrested — Aug. 9, 2023. Pleaded guilty — July 2024. Sentenced — Nov. 8, 2024. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.