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Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr.
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## Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr.: federal case record Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr. was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in *United States v. Meredith*, No. 1:21-cr-00159-ABJ. His case is included in this January 6 archive because he traveled to Washington intending to attend the January 6 rallies, arrived after the Capitol events had ended, and was arrested in Washington on January 7, 2021. The preserved court record does not establish that he entered the Capitol, joined the crowd at the Capitol, or was charged with conduct inside the building. The federal case centered on a threatening interstate text message Meredith sent on January 7 and on firearms, ammunition, and feeding devices located during consensual searches described in the FBI statement of facts. The statement of facts was submitted to establish probable cause; it is not a final judgment. Meredith later signed a statement of offense and pleaded guilty to one federal count of interstate communication of threats under 18 U.S.C. § 875(c). ## Procedural history - **January 6, 2021:** Meredith arrived in Washington after the Capitol events had ended, according to the signed statement of offense. - **January 7-8, 2021:** The FBI located Meredith at a Washington hotel, conducted consensual searches described in the filings, and arrested him. The complaint and initial federal proceedings followed January 8. - **February 26, 2021:** A federal indictment was returned. - **April 2, 2021:** A four-count superseding indictment charged interstate communication of threats and three District of Columbia weapons-related offenses. - **May 26, 2021:** Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued a detention opinion. The native decision remains a capture gap. - **September 10, 2021:** Meredith pleaded guilty to Count One under a written Rule 11(c)(1)(B) agreement. The government agreed to seek dismissal of the remaining counts at sentencing. - **December 14, 2021:** Judge Jackson imposed 28 months of imprisonment with credit for time served, 36 months of supervised release, and a $100 assessment. The signed judgment dismissed all remaining counts on the government's motion. - **January 23, 2025:** Later reporting quoted Meredith as saying a federal probation officer informed him that he was fully pardoned and that his supervision had ended. This is preserved as an attributed firsthand statement, not a substitute for an individual certificate or docket order. ## What the court records establish The signed judgment controls the conviction and sentence. It records a guilty plea to one count under 18 U.S.C. § 875(c), a 28-month prison term, 36 months of supervised release, a $100 assessment, and dismissal of all remaining counts. The weapons-related counts therefore remain charging allegations that were dismissed, not convictions. The signed statement of offense says Meredith arrived in Washington on the evening of January 6 after the Capitol events had ended. Defense sentencing filings presented mitigation, mental-health history, family history, and arguments concerning intent and proportionality. Those are defense advocacy and attributed mitigation, not independent findings by this archive. ## Clemency verification status The January 20, 2025 presidential proclamation granted full pardons to covered convicted January 6 defendants other than fourteen named commutation recipients. Reporting published later in 2025 quoted Meredith describing a call from federal probation stating that he was fully pardoned. However, the archive has not captured a person-specific pardon certificate, clemency warrant, or post-proclamation docket order applying the proclamation to this case. A search of the Office of the Pardon Attorney's public January 6 certificate-recipient page, updated March 5, 2026, did not locate a Meredith entry. This profile therefore marks Meredith's person-specific clemency status as **reported and supported by an attributed firsthand statement, with official certificate or docket confirmation still pending**. The absence of his name from the public recipient list does not prove that clemency was denied; it means the archive lacks that specific form of official confirmation. ## Frequently asked factual questions ### Was Cleveland Meredith at the Capitol on January 6? The signed statement of offense says he arrived in Washington after the Capitol events had ended. The preserved case materials do not establish that he entered the Capitol, and the conviction was not for entering the Capitol. ### What was Cleveland Meredith convicted of? He pleaded guilty to one count of interstate communication of threats under 18 U.S.C. § 875(c). ### What happened to the other counts? The signed judgment states that all remaining counts were dismissed on the government's motion. ### What sentence did the court impose? The court imposed 28 months of imprisonment with credit for time served, 36 months of supervised release, and a $100 assessment. ### Was Cleveland Meredith pardoned? Meredith publicly stated, according to later reporting, that federal probation told him he was fully pardoned. The general January 20, 2025 proclamation is preserved, but an individual certificate or docket order has not yet been captured, and his name was not located on DOJ's public certificate-recipient list. The archive therefore keeps the person-specific status qualified pending official-file confirmation. ## Related archive connections - [Thomas Frank Sibick profile](/case/people/thomas-sibick) - [Ryan Taylor Nichols profile](/case/people/ryan-nichols) - [Kash Kelly profile](/case/people/kash-kelly) - [Kelly Meggs profile](/case/people/kelly-meggs) - [January 6 clemency proclamation](/case/documents/january-6-clemency-proclamation-2025-01-20) - [Signed October 26, 2021 witness statement](/case/documents/j6s1-054) - [Submit evidence or a correction](/submit) ## Editorial and source boundary RealRyanNichols.com may analyze January 6 prosecutions as examples of alleged or documented Biden-era DOJ weaponization. That editorial position is separate from the underlying record. Government allegations, defense arguments, media descriptions, the guilty plea, sentence, and later clemency reporting are identified by source and are not used as judgments about Meredith's moral character. ## Evidence still requested The archive is seeking the native detention opinion, complete PACER or RECAP docket, superseding indictment, government sentencing memorandum, sentencing transcript, Bureau of Prisons chronology, post-judgment supervision records, and a person-specific pardon certificate or docket order. A photograph will not be reused unless its provenance and lawful reuse basis are verified.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-00159-ABJ
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Judge
- Amy Berman Jackson
- Prosecutor
- Anthony L. Franks
- Defense attorney
- Paul Yoshio Kiyonaga
- Disposition
- FBI contact and arrest reported January 7, 2021; complaint and initial appearance January 8. Indicted February 26; four-count superseding indictment filed April 2. Pleaded guilty September 10 to Count One only, interstate communication of threats under 18 U.S.C. § 875(c). Sentenced December 14 to 28 months imprisonment with credit for time served, 36 months supervised release, and a $100 assessment. Signed judgment dismissed all remaining counts on the government's motion. A January 23, 2025 public statement quoted in later reporting said federal probation told Meredith he was fully pardoned; person-specific certificate or docket confirmation remains pending, and no Meredith entry was located on DOJ's public certificate-recipient list updated March 5, 2026.
- Arrested
- January 7, 2021
- Plea
- September 10, 2021
- Sentenced
- December 14, 2021
Charges
- Count One: Interstate Communication of Threats, 18 U.S.C. § 875(c) — guilty plea and conviction
- Count Two: Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, D.C. Code § 7-2502.01(a) — charged, dismissed
- Count Three: Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, D.C. Code § 7-2506.01(a)(3) — charged, dismissed
- Count Four: Possession of a Large-Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device, D.C. Code § 7-2506.01(b) — charged, dismissed
Sentence
28 months imprisonment with credit for time served; 36 months supervised release; $100 assessment; all remaining counts dismissed
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr. appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 12 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
Walk the whole case →Evidence on file
12 documents on file
Co-detainee1 document
Corroborating witness statements and letters from fellow January 6 detainees.
exhibit · Oct 26, 2021
Signed Witness Statement re Thomas Sibick PT 1 (10/26/21)
Signed witness statement dated 10/26/21 by Ryan Nichols, Kash Kelly, Cleveland Meredith, and Kelly Meggs documenting alleged inappropriate sexual behavior and suspected snitch/wire behavior by codefendant Thomas Sibick in C2B pod at DC jail.
Attorney1 document
Defense counsel correspondence (Joseph McBride, Jonathan Gross).
motion · Dec 9, 2021
Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr. — Defense Sentencing Memorandum, ECF No. 56
Defense sentencing memorandum filed December 9, 2021. It presents mitigation, family and mental-health history, defense arguments concerning intent, and a request for a lower sentence. These are defense advocacy and attributed mitigation, not independent archive findings.
Court2 documents
Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.
ruling · Dec 21, 2021
Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr. — Judgment, ECF No. 59
Signed criminal judgment filed December 21, 2021, reflecting the sentence imposed December 14. It records a conviction on Count One only, 28 months' imprisonment with credit for time served, 36 months of supervised release, a $100 assessment, and dismissal of all remaining counts on the government's motion.
affidavit · Sep 10, 2021
Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr. — Statement of Offense, ECF No. 47
Signed factual basis for Meredith's September 10, 2021 guilty plea. It states that he arrived in Washington on the evening of January 6 after the Capitol events had ended and records the facts the parties stipulated the government could prove for Count One.
Govt response5 documents
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.
other · Mar 5, 2026
DOJ Pardon-Certificate Recipient List — Cleveland Meredith Verification Check
Verification record for the Office of the Pardon Attorney's January 6 certificate-recipient page, updated March 5, 2026. No Meredith entry was located. That absence does not establish that clemency was denied; it means public recipient-list confirmation and an individual certificate remain uncaptured.
order · Jan 20, 2025
January 20, 2025 January 6 Clemency Proclamation
Presidential proclamation commuting the sentences of fourteen named January 6 defendants to time served and granting full, complete, and unconditional pardons to the other covered convicted defendants. Person-specific status must be determined from the proclamation’s two separate clemency provisions.
article · Dec 14, 2021
DOJ Sentencing Release — Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr.
Official U.S. Attorney's Office release dated December 14, 2021. It reports Meredith's late January 6 arrival, January 7 arrest, September 10 guilty plea, and 28-month sentence. Government descriptions are attributed to DOJ.
other · Sep 10, 2021
Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr. — Plea Agreement, ECF No. 46
Written Rule 11(c)(1)(B) plea agreement filed September 10, 2021. Meredith agreed to plead guilty to Count One, interstate communication of threats under 18 U.S.C. § 875(c). The agreement is distinct from the dismissed weapons-related counts.
affidavit · Jan 8, 2021
Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr. — FBI Statement of Facts
FBI probable-cause statement attested January 8, 2021. It says Meredith arrived in Washington after the January 6 rally and Capitol events had ended, describes the January 7 hotel contact and consensual searches, and sets out the government's probable-cause allegations. This is an affidavit-stage government account, not a judgment.
News1 document
Press coverage.
article · Sep 24, 2025
Cleveland Meredith — Attributed January 23, 2025 Post-Pardon Statement
A September 24, 2025 New Yorker report quotes a January 23 public Facebook post in which Meredith stated that a federal probation officer called and told him he was fully pardoned. The statement is preserved as attributed firsthand material. The article incorrectly says he pleaded guilty to all counts; the signed judgment shows a conviction on Count One only and dismissal of the remaining counts.
Other2 documents
Other documents on file.
docket
United States v. Meredith — Public Docket Mirror
Public docket mirror for D.D.C. No. 1:21-cr-00159-ABJ. It provides filing chronology and counsel names. It is a secondary docket source and does not replace PACER or RECAP; the legal-research connector required manual reauthentication during this review.
docket
GWU Program on Extremism — Cleveland Meredith Case Source Index
Public case index linking Meredith's statement of facts, complaint, detention memorandum, indictment, plea papers, sentencing memoranda, and judgment. The archive independently captured five linked native PDFs and recorded their hashes.