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Christopher Ray Grider
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageBefore Washington, Chris Grider built something with his own hands. He and his wife run Kissing Tree Vineyards, a family winery near Waco, Texas. That was the life he came home to. (FACT — reported by KWTX and KSAT.) He wore the uniform first. Grider served as a U.S. Air Force military police officer and in the Army National Guard — years spent guarding people, not storming anything. (FACT — reported by KWTX.) A husband. A veteran. A small-business owner in Central Texas. That is the fuller picture the headlines skipped past. The court record, straight: Grider was convicted at trial in December 2022 for his conduct at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and sentenced to 83 months. Charges are charges, and a jury reached its verdict. On January 20, 2025, his case was covered by President Trump's clemency for January 6 defendants, and he was released from the federal prison in Bastrop. (FACT.) Case record: No. 1:21-cr-22, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested January 21, 2021. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-22
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 1/21/2021. Indicted 1/26. Arraigned 2/22 and pleaded not guilty to counts 1-7. Status conference set for 8/30 at 2 pm. Defendant remains on personal recognizance. Sentenced at Trial 12/21/22.
- Arrested
- January 21, 2021
- Sentenced
- December 21, 2022
Charges
- Destruction of Government Property; Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
Sentence
Sentenced at Trial 12/21/22
Press & news
- https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2023/05/24/texas-winery-operator-sentenced-to-nearly-7-years-in-prison-for-storming-us-capitol/ →
- https://www.kwtx.com/2023/05/23/central-texas-businessman-sentenced-nearly-7-years-prison-role-january-6-insurrection/ →
- https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-winery-operator-sentenced-7-years-prison-role-jan-6 →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Christopher Ray Grider appears in the record of United States v. Nichols. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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