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Edward Badalian

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Edward Badalian is a Los Angeles man — from Panorama City in the San Fernando Valley — who refused to plead, took his January 6 case all the way to trial, and ultimately walked free under the January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation. Not many J6 defendants made the government prove its case. Edward Badalian did (FACT): rather than accept a plea deal, he went to a bench trial before U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson and testified in his own defense. His account, given under oath, was that he went to Washington believing he was there to "protect the Capitol" (THEIR ACCOUNT — trial testimony as reported by NBC News). On April 4, 2023, the court convicted him of conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding, and entering and remaining in a restricted building (FACT). He was not convicted of assaulting anyone. In September 2023 he was sentenced to 51 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and $2,000 in restitution and fines (FACT). Edward Badalian served time on that sentence until President Trump's January 20, 2025 proclamation granted clemency to those convicted of January 6-related offenses; as someone not on the fourteen-person commutation list, his convictions fell under the full-pardon provision (FACT — White House proclamation). After years of prosecution, trial, and prison, he came home to California with his case closed. Whatever readers make of January 6, the through-line of Edward Badalian's story is simple: he insisted on his day in court, told his story under oath, took the outcome, and outlasted it. CASE RECORD - Case: United States v. Badalian (D.D.C., tried before Judge Amy Berman Jackson) - Convicted at bench trial: April 4, 2023 (conspiracy; obstruction; restricted-building entry — no assault conviction) - Sentenced: September 2023 — 51 months' incarceration, 36 months' supervised release, $2,000 restitution/fines - Clemency: full pardon under the January 20, 2025 proclamation This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.