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Robert Scott Palmer

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Robert Scott Palmer is from the Tampa Bay area of Florida — Largo. On January 6, 2021, he was near the Lower West Terrace tunnel, one of the most violent chokepoints of the day. He threw a plank, emptied a fire extinguisher toward officers, then threw it. He pleaded guilty to assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to 63 months — at the time, the longest January 6 sentence handed down. [FACT — court record] Here is what does not always make the headline. At sentencing, Palmer told the court he was ashamed and said he had been misled about why he was there — that he believed lies about the election and regretted his own actions. That is his account, on the record, in his own words. [THEIR ACCOUNT — court proceedings] On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to the January 6 defendants, and Palmer's sentence was among those resolved. [FACT] A man who did real harm, owned it out loud, and served hard time. The record holds both truths. The record: pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon; sentenced to 63 months in prison, 36 months supervised release, and $2,000 restitution; granted clemency January 20, 2025. Case 1:21-cr-328, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.