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Robin Lee Reierson

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Robin Lee Reierson is an Illinois man and former longtime Argonne National Laboratory employee whose January 6 case proceeded from an August 2023 arrest to a one-count felony plea, an 18-month prison sentence, and a full presidential pardon. This profile separates the FBI's allegations, Reierson's admitted plea facts, sentencing advocacy, the court's judgment, and later executive clemency. None is used as a judgment about his moral character. ## Identity and case - Full name: Robin Lee Reierson - Home state: Illinois - Complaint matter: 1:23-mj-00215-GMH - District case: 1:23-cr-00437-RBW - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia - Judge: Reggie B. Walton - Defense counsel identified in sentencing reporting: Michael Leonard - Arrest: August 23, 2023, in Illinois - Initial release: ABC7 reported release on personal recognizance after an agreement to transfer firearms to his son - Guilty plea: July 1, 2024 - Sentence: October 16, 2024 - Clemency: full pardon effective January 20, 2025 ## Complaint and prosecutor allegations The [criminal complaint and FBI Statement of Facts](/case/documents/robin-reierson-criminal-complaint-fbi-affidavit-2023-08-18) were filed August 18, 2023. The complaint alleged seven offenses: civil disorder; assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers; three restricted-grounds offenses; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; and an act of physical violence in Capitol grounds or buildings. The affidavit is an FBI agent's probable-cause presentation, not a trial verdict. It alleged that a person identified as Reierson appeared in body-worn-camera and open-source video at police lines on the West Plaza and Lower West Terrace. The agent alleged that Reierson pushed against a metal barrier, later pushed officers with his hands and shoulder, and attempted to take an officer's baton. It also attributed to him the short statement, "Don't stop, keep going." These descriptions remain attributed allegations except where Reierson later admitted facts in his plea. [WTTW's arrest report](/case/documents/robin-reierson-arrest-initial-release-reporting-2023-08-23) confirms that he was arrested in Schiller Park, Illinois, and appeared in federal court in Chicago. ABC7 separately reported release on personal recognizance after an agreement concerning his firearms. The native release order and full conditions remain uncaptured. ## Plea and admitted offense On July 1, 2024, Reierson [pleaded guilty](/case/documents/robin-reierson-guilty-plea-reporting-2024-07-01) before Judge Walton to one felony count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers under 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1). Contemporary reporting based on a Justice Department release described the plea as addressing conduct at the police barricade on the West Plaza. The archive records one conviction. The other complaint-stage counts were not additional convictions and are reported as dismissed. The plea agreement, statement of offense, and plea-hearing transcript remain uncaptured, so this profile does not infer language beyond the verified one-count plea. ## Sentence, advocacy, and custody Judge Walton sentenced Reierson on October 16, 2024, to 18 months' imprisonment and 36 months' supervised release. [Contemporaneous sentencing reports](/case/documents/robin-reierson-sentencing-reporting-2024-10-16) also record a $5,000 fine and $2,000 restitution. ABC7 reported that Reierson was taken into custody immediately after the hearing. ABC7 attributed a request for no incarceration to the defense and a 24-month request to prosecutors. It also attributed to defense counsel Michael Leonard disagreement with the degree to which deterrence shaped the sentence. Those are advocacy positions, not archive or judicial findings. The signed judgment, Statement of Reasons, sentencing memoranda, and transcript remain needed to establish the complete controlling record and the court's precise reasoning. ## Full pardon and present status On January 20, 2025, Proclamation 10887 commuted the sentences of fourteen named people and separately granted a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to all other people convicted of covered January 6 offenses. Reierson was not in the fourteen-person commutation list, so his case falls under the proclamation's full-pardon provision. The [Office of the Pardon Attorney recipient record](/case/documents/robin-lee-reierson-pardon-certificate-recipient-record) contains the exact entry "REIERSON, ROBIN LEE." The individual certificate PDF remains uncaptured. The pardon is executive clemency; it is not described here as a new trial judgment, an acquittal, or proof that every earlier allegation was true or false. The exact post-pardon custody-release record also remains to be captured. ## Public statements and defense position No authenticated, contextual firsthand interview or public statement from Reierson has been preserved in this archive. ABC7's sentencing coverage attributes defense arguments to Michael Leonard, including the position that the sentence should have been more individually tailored. Until the native defense filing or full transcript is captured, that reporting remains the source boundary. ## Documents, chronology, and research Review the [district docket](/case/documents/robin-reierson-courtlistener-docket-1-23-cr-00437), [complaint and affidavit](/case/documents/robin-reierson-criminal-complaint-fbi-affidavit-2023-08-18), [plea record](/case/documents/robin-reierson-guilty-plea-reporting-2024-07-01), [sentencing record](/case/documents/robin-reierson-sentencing-reporting-2024-10-16), and [pardon-recipient record](/case/documents/robin-lee-reierson-pardon-certificate-recipient-record). The timeline records complaint, arrest and initial release, plea, sentence and immediate remand, and full pardon. Use [Case Nexus](/case/nexus) to explore connected records. No RealRyanNichols.com article specifically about Reierson was found, and no article was created in this run. ## Corrections, disputes, and unknowns The previous profile stopped at the magistrate number and did not record the district case, plea, sentence, custody status, judge, counsel, or pardon certificate. Those gaps are corrected. Still needed are the native indictment; complete docket; release order; plea agreement; statement of offense; signed judgment; Statement of Reasons; sentencing filings and transcript; custodial placement and post-pardon release record; individual pardon certificate; authenticated firsthand interview; and a portrait with verified identity, provenance, and lawful reuse rights. The current visual is a face-free archive identity card marked "PORTRAIT NEEDED." It is not a photograph. Court-file stills and news reproductions were not imported because identity verification does not itself establish publication rights. 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