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Christian Alexander Secor
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageChristian Alexander Secor was a UCLA political science student from Costa Mesa, California, a young man who had earned his way into the school he always wanted. He was a student and the founder of a campus political club when federal agents came to his door in February 2021. (FACT, Daily Bruin, 10/19/2022; Washington Post) THEIR ACCOUNT: His defense told the court his life had been turned upside down, and that his arrest cost him the school he had dreamed of attending. (Law and Crime, 10/19/2022) His legal fight moved fast for a January 6 case. FACT: Christian Secor pleaded guilty on May 19, 2022. (court record) FACT: On October 19, 2022 he was sentenced to 42 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and 2,000 dollars in restitution. (Washington Post; FOX 11 Los Angeles) FACT: The January 20, 2025 presidential clemency proclamation covered January 6 convictions, including his. Christian Secor was in his early twenties when this case began. Whatever comes next for the Costa Mesa native, the record above is where the court record ends. CASE RECORD Name: Christian Alexander Secor Case number: 1:21-cr-157, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested 2/16/2021. Indicted 2/26/2021. Superseding indictment 11/10/2021. Guilty plea 5/19/2022. Sentenced 10/19/2022. DOJ record: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/secor-christian This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.
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On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-157
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 2/16/21. Indicted 2/26/21. Arraigned and pleaded not guilty to all counts on 3/24/21. Superseding indictment filed 11/10/21. Pleaded guilty 5/19/22. Sentenced 10/19/22 to 42 months in prison, three years of supervised release, $2,000 restitution.
- Arrested
- February 16, 2021
- Plea
- May 19, 2022
- Sentenced
- October 19, 2022
Charges
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Entering and Remaining on the Floor of Congress; Entering and Remaining in the Gallery of Congress; Entering and Remaining in Certain Rooms in the Capitol Building; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
Sentence
42 months in prison, three years of supervised release, $2,000 restitution
Press & news
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/19/christian-secor-ucla-jan6-sentence/ →
- https://dailybruin.com/2022/10/19/former-ucla-student-sentenced-for-involvement-in-us-capitol-riots →
- https://www.foxla.com/news/costa-mesa-man-former-ucla-student-sentenced-for-role-in-jan-6-riot →
- https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-breach/his-life-has-been-turned-upside-down-ucla-student-booted-from-dream-school-after-jan-6-arrest-is-going-to-prison-for-obstruction-felony/ →
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