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Benjamin Heffelfinger
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageBenjamin Heffelfinger came to Washington on January 6 the way a lot of people did — with family. FACT: Reporting on his case notes that he traveled to Washington from Ohio with his father, scaled a wall on the west side of the Capitol, and went inside. (NBC News.) FACT: He was among the January 6 defendants who resolved their cases by pleading guilty rather than going to trial — accepting responsibility for the day. (NBC News.) FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to January 6 defendants. A father and a son who made the trip together, and a young man who owned his part. The fuller story — who Benjamin is at home, at work, day to day — is his to add. THE RECORD Charged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in connection with January 6, 2021. Resolved by guilty plea. Covered by the January 20, 2025 clemency. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
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