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James Allen Knowles

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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James Allen Knowles was charged in 2023 in connection with January 6, 2021. FACT: He was released on a personal recognizance bond — the court trusted him to appear on his own, no detention. His case proceeded before U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb, with pretrial motions still being argued into early 2025. (Court docket.) Charges are charges; nothing here has been proven at trial, and we state no guilt beyond what a court found. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to January 6 defendants — the wave of pardons and dismissals that closed out the January 6 prosecutions. The public record on James is thin. That is exactly the gap his own account is meant to fill — his work, his family, his side. THE RECORD Case No. 23-CR-00275, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Complaint filed 08/08/2023. Arrested 08/14/2023. Released on personal recognizance. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
23-CR-00275
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Complaint Filed - 08/08/2023 Arrested - 08/14/2023

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