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James Edward Porter

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James Edward Porter is a 59-year-old Hot Springs, Arkansas man whose January 6 case is one of the most unusual on the whole docket -- charged at the very last minute, and cleared almost as fast. James Edward Porter is a longtime Arkansan from Hot Springs. He made the trip to Washington, D.C. and attended the rally at the Ellipse on January 6, 2021. Four years passed before the government came for him. THE LEGAL FIGHT: Porter was arrested in Benton, Arkansas on January 16, 2025, and the charges against him were unsealed on the final business day before the inauguration -- he was described in coverage as potentially the final defendant charged in the entire Capitol investigation. Days later, on January 20, 2025, President Trump issued a full, complete and unconditional pardon covering January 6 offenses. James Edward Porter's case, charged at the eleventh hour, fell squarely within that clemency -- he never faced trial and was never convicted. (FACT, per DOJ records and news coverage; the January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation. DOCUMENTED INFERENCE as to individual clemency effect.) CASE RECORD: James Edward Porter of Hot Springs, Arkansas, charged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; arrested January 16, 2025 in Benton, Arkansas. Charges are charges -- and here they were resolved without a conviction under the January 20, 2025 clemency. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you -- or your family -- claiming it is free, forever.