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Chad Heathcote
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageChad Heathcote is a central Iowa man from Adel. FACT: Chad, 41, was the eighth Iowan charged in the January 6 cases. He pleaded guilty in November 2022 to one count — parading/demonstrating in a Capitol building — and was sentenced in February 2023. A misdemeanor. (Source: We Are Iowa, Washington Post) FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to January 6 defendants. Adel is a small town, and Chad is one of its own. If you know him, help us tell his story straight. THE RECORD Case No. 1:22-cr-232 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested May 4, 2022 · Pleaded guilty Nov. 4, 2022 · Sentenced Feb. 2023 Status: served — clemency Jan. 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-cr-232
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Initially filed as Case # 1:22-mj-91. Complaint filed 5/3/22. Arrested 5/4/22. Information filed 7/1/22. Pleaded guilty 11/4/22.
- Arrested
- May 4, 2022
- Plea
- November 4, 2022
Press & news
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/heathcote-chad →
- https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/crime/adel-man-chad-heathcote-jan-6-capitol-attack-riot-trial-sentence/524-27d5e25e-a098-4333-895f-1d341ecb7285 →
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/central-iowa-man-charged-in-us-capitol-insurrection/2022/05/05/5f697466-ccb5-11ec-b7ee-74f09d827ca6_story.html →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
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