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Thomas Fee

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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**Thomas Fee** gave the City of New York 22 years of his life as a firefighter. He retired from the FDNY in October 2020. Three months later he was a January 6 defendant. Start there, because that is who he is: a Freeport, Long Island first responder. Twenty-two years of running toward the smoke while everybody else ran away from it. Whatever anyone thinks of January 6, nobody gets to take that record from Thomas Fee (FACT — FDNY service reported by PIX11, FOX 5 New York, FireRescue1, and Newsday-area coverage of his Nassau County hometown). **His story.** Fee was 53 on January 6, 2021, newly retired from a career on the rigs. He was inside the Capitol Rotunda for a short period and texted photos of himself to a personal contact — which is how the FBI found him. There was no manhunt. Two weeks after January 6, Thomas Fee turned himself in. He surrendered voluntarily on January 19, 2021 (FACT — DOJ record and contemporaneous coverage). Men who plan violence do not text selfies to friends and then walk into an FBI field office. He was never accused of assaulting anyone. He was never accused of destroying anything. The count he ultimately pleaded to was the petty offense of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. **Where the fight stands.** Fee pleaded guilty January 11, 2022 and was sentenced April 1, 2022 to 24 months of probation, 50 hours of community service, a $500 fine and $500 restitution — no incarceration. The presidential clemency proclamation of January 20, 2025 covered January 6 cases including misdemeanor convictions like his. For a retired FDNY firefighter from Freeport, New York, the record now reads: served his city 22 years, self-surrendered, took responsibility for a misdemeanor, completed probation. **Case record.** United States District Court for the District of Columbia, case No. 1:21-cr-133. Charged by criminal complaint January 16, 2021. Arrested / self-surrendered January 19, 2021. Arraigned February 25, 2021 (not guilty). Pleaded guilty January 11, 2022. Sentenced April 1, 2022 to 24 months probation, 50 hours community service, $500 fine, $500 restitution. DOJ record: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/fee-thomas. Search terms people use to find him: Thomas Fee January 6, retired FDNY firefighter January 6 defendant, Freeport New York J6 pardon, pardoned January 6 Nassau County. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.