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Salvador Sandoval, Jr.

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Salvador Sandoval Jr. is an Ankeny, Iowa man whose January 6 story is a family story — he traveled to Washington, D.C. that day alongside his mother, Deborah Sandoval, and the two faced the federal government together. FACT: Salvador did not take a deal. He took his case to trial. On December 15, 2022, the court found him guilty on 12 counts, including six felonies, and he was later sentenced to 88 months in federal prison plus $2,000 restitution — reported as the longest sentence handed to any Iowan charged over January 6. FACT: His mother was prosecuted in a companion case, making the Sandovals one of the mother-and-son cases that drew statewide coverage across Iowa. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump's clemency proclamation covered January 6 convictions, including this one — ending the sentence and closing the chapter. Whatever you think of that day, Salvador Sandoval Jr. of Ankeny, Iowa stood in open court, went to trial, and took the verdict head-on. The receipts are all below. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-cr-195, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested February 19, 2021. Convicted at trial December 15, 2022. Sentenced to 88 months. Official DOJ case page linked on this profile. 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-195
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Arrested on 2/19/2021. Indicted 3/9. Arraigned 3/16 and pleaded not guilty to counts 1-13. Superseding indictment filed 12/20/2021. Sentenced at Trial 12/15/22.
Arrested
February 19, 2021
Sentenced
December 15, 2022

Charges

  • Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building

Sentence

Sentenced at Trial 12/15/22

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