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James Haffner
January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageJames Haffner made his way from the Seattle area to the Black Hills — Sturgis, South Dakota, home of the world's most famous motorcycle rally — where he settled and kept making music. FACT: James Haffner was the first South Dakota resident charged in a January 6 case, arrested December 1, 2021 near Rapid City. FACT: the complaint alleged assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, among other counts. FACT: the case resolved in August 2022 with a six-month sentence and a year of probation — which he served. FACT: footage he recorded at the Capitol later appeared in music videos on his own YouTube channel; he is a man who turns what he lives through into songs. FACT: on January 20, 2025, the presidential clemency proclamation ended the remaining January 6 cases, and South Dakota outlets reported James Haffner among the state's defendants pardoned, cases dismissed. Sturgis is still home. The music didn't stop. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-mj-672, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested December 1, 2021; sentenced August 2022 to six months plus one year of probation, completed; pardoned January 20, 2025. DOJ defendant page linked in the sources. 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-mj-672
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 12/1/2021.
- Arrested
- December 1, 2021
Charges
- Obstruction of Law Enforcement During a Civil Disorder
- Unlawful Entry on Restricted Buildings or Grounds
- Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds
- Assaulting, Resisting or Impeding Certain Officers or Employees
Press & news
- https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/south-dakota-man-charged-in-jan-6-riot-arrested-near-rapid-city/article_1b634900-d0db-5c0a-aefb-055580c4084d.html →
- https://www.kcau9.com/news/south-dakota-news/south-dakota-jan-6-rioters-pardoned-cases-dismissed/ →
- https://www.sdpb.org/crime-courts/2021-12-03/man-accused-of-assaulting-police-in-jan-6-capitol-riot-is-arrested-in-rapid-city →
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/ →
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