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Benjamin J. Martin

January 6 defendant

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Benjamin J. Martin is from Madera, California. FACT: The FBI arrested him at his Madera home in September 2021 (DOJ, Eastern District of California). FACT: A federal jury in Washington convicted him of civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding, plus misdemeanors (DOJ). FACT: On January 20, 2025, the presidential pardon covered his January 6 convictions (GV Wire). His fight did not end there — and his case became a test of how far the pardon reaches. FACT: He was separately convicted in Fresno on firearms charges stemming from the same 2021 search of his home (DOJ EDCA; YourCentralValley). FACT: In 2025, the Justice Department itself argued that the separate case should be dismissed because of the January 6 pardon (Law & Crime). Watch this one — the pardon-scope question in his case matters for other defendants too. The case record: Case 1:21-mj-555 — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Charges, per the DOJ record: Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating or Picketing in a Capitol Building; Obstructing Law Enforcement During Civil Disorder; Obstructing or Impeding an Official Proceeding. The docket, as recorded: Arrested 9/2. Convicted at trial on the felony counts of civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding, plus misdemeanors. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.