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Jacob Anthony Chansley

Pardoned January 6 defendant · §1512(c)(2) plea record

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## Case overview Jacob Anthony Chansley, also publicly known as Jake Angeli, became widely recognizable in photographs and video from January 6 because of the distinctive clothing and face paint he wore inside the Capitol. The archive uses his full federal-record name and treats media nicknames as aliases rather than as descriptions of his character. ## Federal record The U.S. Attorney's Office announced Chansley's arrest on January 9, 2021. A grand jury later charged him in *United States v. Chansley*, No. 1:21-cr-00003-RCL, before U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth. On September 3, 2021, Chansley pleaded guilty to one felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2). Government descriptions of his conduct are preserved as attributed claims based on the plea record and court documents. The archive does not treat those descriptions, the plea, or the sentence as a judgment about his moral character. Judge Lamberth sentenced him on November 17, 2021 to 41 months of imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and $2,000 restitution. The other counts in the indictment were not offenses of conviction. ## Pardon and current posture President Donald J. Trump's January 20, 2025 proclamation granted full, complete, and unconditional pardons to covered January 6 defendants who were not among the fourteen people specifically listed for sentence commutations. Chansley was not in the commutation list and was covered by the pardon provision. A presidential pardon is executive clemency. It does not automatically expunge the docket or operate as a judicial order vacating the judgment. This profile will use “vacated” or “dismissed” only if a native court order establishes that result. ## Fischer context Chansley's sole conviction was under §1512(c)(2). On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court narrowed that statute in *Fischer v. United States*, requiring a connection to records, documents, objects, or other things used in an official proceeding. The Justice Department stated that the ruling most significantly affected defendants whose only felony conviction was §1512(c)(2). That legal development is relevant to Chansley's record, but this review did not locate a Chansley-specific post-*Fischer* order vacating or modifying his judgment. The archive therefore preserves the issue as unresolved case-specific research rather than inferring a result. ## Quick facts - **Arrest:** January 9, 2021 - **Case:** 1:21-cr-00003-RCL - **Judge:** Royce C. Lamberth - **Guilty plea:** September 3, 2021 - **Sole offense of conviction:** obstruction of an official proceeding, 18 U.S.C. §1512(c)(2) - **Sentence:** 41 months, three years supervised release, and $2,000 restitution - **Clemency:** full pardon under the January 20, 2025 proclamation - **Post-Fischer status:** no Chansley-specific vacatur order verified in the sources reviewed This profile is unclaimed. Chansley or an authorized representative may claim it without charge, add authenticated firsthand material, and submit corrections or native records for review.