Matt Stickney: The Story of a J6er
There was jubilation in the Stickney household when President Donald Trump signed the proclamation granting pardons and commutations to the approximately 1,500 Americans prosecuted for alleged crimes related to the protests at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Like hundreds of other families, the Stickneys, who live in the Seattle area, were still awaiting a court date for a family member who had been charged by the Biden Justice Department but still hadn’t gone to trial. Larry and Polly Stickney’s son Matt, age 35 and the father of two young children, was facing, potentially, two or more years in prison.
Keeping a campaign promise he had made many times, President Trump signed the proclamation amid a flurry of executive order signings that marked Day 1 of Trump 47. The proclamation began by naming 14 individuals whose prison sentences are commuted to time served. It then proceeded to “grant a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.”
To the more than 400 individuals whose cases have still not reached the courts, the following words of the proclamation were especially important: “I further direct the Attorney General to pursue dismissal with prejudice to the government of all pending indictments against individuals for their conduct related to the events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.”
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