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Matthew Clark
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageMatthew Clark of Lewistown, Pennsylvania stood in court next to his wife and took the same plea she did. Married people go through things together. That is what happened here. Matthew Clark is a Lewistown, Pennsylvania man, one of roughly 70 Pennsylvanians charged in the wake of January 6. He and his wife, Christy Clark, were charged together, pleaded together on the same count on the same day, and faced Judge Amit P. Mehta together. (FACT: LancasterOnline, CourtListener docket 1:21-cr-00218) What he pleaded to was illegally entering the Capitol. Count 4. A misdemeanor. (FACT: LancasterOnline) No assault count. No weapons count. No conspiracy count. The charge was walking in where he was not permitted to be, and he owned it. The legal fight. Matthew Clark was arrested February 10, 2021, roughly five weeks after January 6. He was charged by criminal information on March 12, 2021 and pleaded not guilty to all counts at his March 18, 2021 arraignment. He exercised that right for well over a year before changing course. On June 17, 2022 he pleaded guilty. On October 28, 2022 he was sentenced to 24 months of probation, 60 hours of community service and $500 in restitution. No incarceration. (FACT: DOJ, LancasterOnline) Sixty hours of community service given back to somebody. That is on the record too. On January 20, 2025, the presidential clemency proclamation reached the January 6 cases, including misdemeanor convictions like Matthew Clark's. Nearly two years from arrest to sentencing. A Pennsylvania family carried that the whole way. CASE RECORD Case number: 1:21-cr-218 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge: Amit P. Mehta Arrested: February 10, 2021 Disposition: Pleaded guilty June 17, 2022. Sentenced October 28, 2022 to 24 months probation, 60 hours community service and $500 restitution. Covered by the January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation. DOJ docket page: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/clark-matthew 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-cr-218
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 2/10/21. Charged via criminal information on 3/12/21. Arraigned 3/18/21 where he pleaded not guilty to all counts. Pleaded guilty 6/17/22. Sentenced 10/28/22 to 24 months of probation, 60 hours of community service, $500 restitution.
- Arrested
- February 10, 2021
- Plea
- June 17, 2022
- Sentenced
- October 28, 2022
Charges
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
Sentence
24 months of probation, 60 hours of community service, $500 restitution
Press & news
- https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/59740426/united-states-v-clark/ →
- https://americangulag.org/matthew-clark/ →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/clark-matthew →
- https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/nearly-70-pennsylvanians-have-been-charged-since-the-jan-6-capitol-attack-heres-where-their/article_e868b8d6-0d1e-11ed-947b-9b0de71d0b31.html →
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