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Laura Steele

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Laura Steele of Thomasville, North Carolina spent her career in uniform — a former police officer with the High Point Police Department who wore a badge and served her community long before anyone had heard of January 6. Her story deserves to be told straight. FACT: Laura Steele is a former High Point, North Carolina police officer. Law enforcement was her profession. FACT: On January 6 she was in Washington working a security detail, and she entered the Capitol with a group of Oath Keepers co-defendants. She pleaded not guilty and took her case all the way to trial. FACT: In March 2023 a jury convicted her of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and related counts. In September 2023 she was sentenced to 12 months and one day, six months of home confinement, and 36 months of supervised release — far below what the government wanted. THEIR ACCOUNT: In her own sentencing filing, Laura Steele wrote of deep regret, describing how she was drawn in and asking the court to see the whole person — the officer, the professional, the North Carolinian — not one day. FACT: On January 20, 2025, she received a full pardon under the presidential clemency proclamation. Her conviction is pardoned. Her fight is over. From High Point PD to a D.C. courtroom and back home to Thomasville — Laura Steele served, stood trial, took her sentence, and walked out the other side pardoned. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-cr-28, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested February 17, 2021. Convicted at trial March 2023. Sentenced to 12 months and one day. Pardoned January 20, 2025. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
1:21-cr-28
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Arrested 2/17/21. Charged via second superseding indictment on 3/12/21 and arraigned on 3/16 where she pleaded not guilty to all counts. Third superseding indictment issued 3/31. Fourth superseding indictment issued 5/26. Fifth superseding indictment issued 8/4. Seventh superseding indictment, 1-12-22. Eighth superseding indictment, 6-22-22.
Arrested
February 17, 2021

Charges

  • Conspiracy; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Destruction of Government Property and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Tampering with Documents or Proceedings

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