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Thomas Paul Conover

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Thomas Paul Conover is a 53-year-old Texan from Keller, up in the Fort Worth suburbs. He walked into January 6 holding a beer and a camera, and he became briefly famous for one line delivered straight to his own phone. "I don't always storm the Capitol of the United States of America, but when I do, I prefer Coors Light." It is a joke. A dumb, dad-grade, Texas joke. It was never a weapon, and nobody ever said otherwise. THE MAN Thomas Paul Conover is from Keller, Texas, in Tarrant County. He was 53 on January 6, 2021. (FACT — Washington Post; Seattle Times/AP) THE FACTS OF THE DAY Conover filmed himself throughout the day and posed for photographs inside the building holding a can of beer. (FACT — Washington Post) That is what the government's evidence was. Video of a middle-aged man with a beer, riffing on an old commercial. FACT: Thomas Paul Conover was never charged with assaulting anyone. Never charged with a weapon. Never charged with destroying property. His conviction is a single petty offense — illegally demonstrating in the Capitol. THE LEGAL FIGHT Arrested December 8, 2021. Information filed December 23, 2021. He pleaded guilty on January 7, 2022 — fast, no drawn-out fight, took responsibility for the one count. (FACT — DOJ docket) On April 22, 2022 he was sentenced to 36 months of probation including 30 days at a residential reentry center, 60 hours of community service, a $2,500 fine and $500 restitution. (FACT — DOJ docket; Washington Post) Sixty hours of community service. He did the work. On January 20, 2025, the presidential clemency action covering offenses relating to the events at or near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 issued full pardons across the January 6 docket. (FACT) A man from Keller, Texas made a beer commercial joke on the worst possible day and it cost him three years of probation and a felony-sized fine on a misdemeanor. Thomas Paul Conover paid it and went home. CASE RECORD Name: Thomas Paul Conover Hometown: Keller, Texas Case No.: 1:21-cr-743 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested: December 8, 2021 | Information: December 23, 2021 | Plea: January 7, 2022 Sentenced: April 22, 2022 — 36 months probation, 30 days RRC, 60 hours community service Clemency: January 20, 2025 DOJ docket: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/conover-thomas-paul This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.