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Douglas Austin Jensen

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Douglas Austin Jensen is a construction worker and family man from Des Moines, Iowa. He made his living building things with his hands. On January 6, 2021, Jensen traveled to Washington, D.C. as part of the Stop the Steal demonstrations. A day after the events at the Capitol he drove home to Des Moines, and the next morning he walked to a police station on his own and identified himself, turning himself in before any agent came looking. [FACT - reported by Iowa Public Radio and WUSA9] Douglas Jensen was tried in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where a jury returned a verdict on seven counts in September 2022; he was sentenced in December 2022. [FACT - court record] On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted Douglas Jensen a full presidential pardon, and he was released. [FACT - DOJ pardon record] Case record: United States v. Douglas Austin Jensen, No. 1:21-cr-00006-TJK-1, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Appeal No. 22-3100 was docketed December 23, 2022. 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-00006-TJK-1
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Judge
Timothy J. Kelly
Defense attorney
Christopher M. Davis
Disposition
Jury verdict on seven counts entered September 23, 2022; sentenced December 16, 2022; full presidential pardon granted January 20, 2025. Appeal No. 22-3100 was docketed December 23, 2022; a later appellate disposition has not yet been captured.
Arrested
January 8, 2021
Sentenced
December 16, 2022

Charges

  • Civil disorder — 18 U.S.C. § 231(a)(3)
  • Obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting — 18 U.S.C. §§ 1512(c)(2) and 2
  • Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers — 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1)
  • Entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon — 18 U.S.C. §§ 1752(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A)
  • Disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon — 18 U.S.C. §§ 1752(a)(2) and (b)(1)(A)
  • Disorderly conduct in a Capitol building — 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(D)
  • Parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building — 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(G)

Sentence

60 months of imprisonment, 36 months of supervised release, and $2,000 restitution.

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Connection to United States v. Nichols

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Evidence on file

11 documents on file

Co-detainee1 document

Corroborating witness statements and letters from fellow January 6 detainees.

Court1 document

Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.

Govt response8 documents

Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.

Other1 document

Other documents on file.