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Daryl Johnson

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Daryl Johnson — St. Ansgar, Iowa. Population 1,100. FACT: Daryl was 51 on January 6, 2021. He is a small-town business owner. Reporting on his case lists what he runs: laundromats, a tanning salon, and a car wash. That is not a resume. That is a man who owns the places a small town actually needs. FACT: His family has been civic in St. Ansgar for a long time. His father, Norman Johnson, is a former mayor of the town and a well-known local businessman. FACT: Daryl went to Washington with his son, Daniel. They were charged together and they answered for it together. FACT: He was inside the Capitol approximately 26 minutes. He pleaded guilty on 1/4/22. On 6/1/22 Judge Dabney Friedrich sentenced him to 30 days — well short of what prosecutors asked for — plus one year of supervised release, a $2,000 fine, and $2,000 restitution. FACT: He paid the $2,000 restitution. He served the 30 days. He went home to a town of 1,100 people where everybody knows his name, and he kept the doors open. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued clemency covering January 6 defendants. Here is the part nobody wrote a headline about: the laundromat still opened. The car wash still ran. Small towns do not have backups. When a guy like Daryl goes away for 30 days, a whole town feels it — and he came back and kept it going. If you are from St. Ansgar and you know what this family has done for that town, tell it. That is what this page is for. THE CASE RECORD Case number: 21-cr-407 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested and initial appearance 6/11/21. Initial appearance 6/17/21. Arraigned 7/27/21, pleaded not guilty to all counts. Pleaded guilty 1/4/22. Sentenced 6/1/22 to 30 days in jail, one year supervised release, $2,000 fine, $2,000 restitution. DOJ page: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/johnson-daryl NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: military or first-responder service is not sourced. We will not invent it. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.