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Cale Douglas Clayton

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Cale Douglas Clayton — Drexel, Missouri. Cale is a Cass County, Missouri man — a small-town Missourian who made the long drive to Washington on January 6, 2021. He was 42. FACT (court record): Cale attended the rally and later walked to the Capitol grounds. He pleaded guilty on March 10, 2023 to the felony count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, tied to a confrontation with a line of police on the upper west terrace. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison, 24 months 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 from Drexel, Missouri, who owned his plea and served his sentence. This page holds space for the rest of who he is — the neighbor, the worker, the friend. If you know Cale, help fill in the fuller story. Claiming this profile is how that starts. THE CASE RECORD Name: Cale Douglas Clayton Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Case: 1:22-mj-74 Arrested: March 31, 2022 Disposition: Pleaded guilty March 10, 2023; sentenced to 30 months, 24 months 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
1:22-mj-74
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Complaint filed 3/28/22. Arrested 3/31/22.
Arrested
March 31, 2022

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