Cases, convictions & clemency

A federal jury convicted Enrique Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl of seditious conspiracy in May 2023. Dominic Pezzola was acquitted of seditious conspiracy but convicted of other felonies. Tarrio later received a full January 2025 pardon, while Nordean, Biggs, Rehl and Pezzola received commutations to time served. In July 2026, after the Justice Department sought further relief, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly approved dismissal/vacatur of the remaining convictions for Nordean, Biggs, Rehl and Pezzola. The hub keeps the original jury verdicts and sentences as historical court record, separate from presidential clemency and the later court-ordered change in conviction status. January 4 pre-event records add a separate layer: Tarrio was arrested in the unrelated December 2020 banner-burning/firearms case, while Charles Donohoe’s later guilty plea says he was aware by at least January 4 that Ministry of Self Defense leaders were discussing the possibility of storming the Capitol. Those facts remain distinct from the May 2023 jury verdicts and later clemency/vacatur. Additional adjudicated records now trace the group’s morning movement from the Washington Monument toward and around the Capitol and separate later defendant-specific West Front assaults at approximately 1:31, 1:40 and 1:48 PM from the later Senate Wing building breach. A separate January 5 cross-group contact record now documents Tarrio meeting Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and others in a downtown parking garage for about 30 minutes after Tarrio’s release. Federal filings and a later DOJ Inspector General review establish the meeting and documentary-film presence; the hub does not treat that contact alone as proof that the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers shared a single operational command structure.

• Enrique TarrioSeditious-conspiracy conviction; 22-year sentenceReceived a full pardon on Jan. 20, 2025; the historical jury verdict and sentence remain separately documented as the pre-clemency court record.
• Ethan NordeanSeditious-conspiracy conviction; 18-year sentenceSentence commuted to time served on Jan. 20, 2025; remaining conviction later vacated/dismissed by court order in July 2026.
• Joseph BiggsSeditious-conspiracy conviction; 17-year sentenceSentence commuted to time served on Jan. 20, 2025; remaining conviction later vacated/dismissed by court order in July 2026.
• Zachary RehlSeditious-conspiracy conviction; 15-year sentenceSentence commuted to time served on Jan. 20, 2025; remaining conviction later vacated/dismissed by court order in July 2026.
• Dominic PezzolaConvicted of other felonies; 10-year sentence; not convicted of seditious conspiracySentence commuted to time served on Jan. 20, 2025; remaining conviction later vacated/dismissed by court order in July 2026.

The Oath Keepers litigation produced multiple trial branches. Two trials yielded six seditious-conspiracy convictions: Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs in November 2022, followed by Roberto Minuta, Joseph Hackett, David Moerschel and Edward Vallejo in January 2023. A separate March 2023 trial convicted Sandra Parker, Bennie Parker, Connie Meggs, Laura Steele and William Isaacs of conspiracy to obstruct the certification, with additional felony convictions varying by defendant; Michael Greene was convicted only of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds. Trump’s January 20, 2025 proclamation commuted specifically named defendants including Rhodes, Meggs, Minuta, Hackett, Moerschel and Vallejo, while the proclamation granted full pardons to other January 6 convicts such as the March 2023 trial defendants. The later 2026 vacatur/dismissal concerned the Oath Keepers cases returned to Judge Amit Mehta after appellate action; this hub does not treat that later relief as automatically rewriting every separate Oath Keepers conviction or pardon record. A separate adjudicated QRF evidence lane now records that William Todd Wilson admitted bringing an AR-15-style rifle, a 9mm pistol, roughly 200 rounds of ammunition and other gear to Northern Virginia and storing firearms at a hotel with the understanding that a quick-reaction force could provide weapons or cover if called. DOJ’s Rhodes/Meggs sentencing summary likewise says QRF teams outside Washington were prepared to transport firearms and other weapons into the city. The hub does not claim those staged weapons were ultimately brought into the Capitol or that every Oath Keepers participant knew of the QRF plan. A separate January 5 cross-group contact record documents Rhodes meeting Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and others in a downtown parking garage. The court filing and later DOJ Inspector General review establish the contact; this hub does not use the meeting alone to merge the organizations’ distinct adjudicated case records or infer identical plans for all participants.

• Stewart RhodesSeditious-conspiracy conviction; 18-year sentenceSentence commuted to time served on Jan. 20, 2025.
• Kelly MeggsSeditious-conspiracy conviction; 12-year sentenceSentence commuted to time served on Jan. 20, 2025.
• Roberto MinutaSeditious-conspiracy conviction; 54-month prison sentenceSentence commuted to time served on Jan. 20, 2025.
• Joseph HackettSeditious-conspiracy conviction; 42-month prison sentenceSentence commuted to time served on Jan. 20, 2025.
• David MoerschelSeditious-conspiracy conviction; 36-month prison sentenceSentence commuted to time served on Jan. 20, 2025.
• Edward VallejoSeditious-conspiracy conviction; 36-month prison sentence (including first 12 months home confinement)Sentence commuted to time served on Jan. 20, 2025.
• Sandra ParkerConspiracy-to-obstruct conviction plus additional felonies; sentenced to 60 months of probationNot named in the 14 commutations; covered by the proclamation’s full-pardon clause for other January 6 convictions.
• Bennie ParkerConspiracy-to-obstruct conviction; sentenced to 60 months of probationNot named in the 14 commutations; covered by the proclamation’s full-pardon clause for other January 6 convictions.
• Connie MeggsConspiracy-to-obstruct conviction plus additional felonies; sentenced to 15 months in prisonNot named in the 14 commutations; covered by the proclamation’s full-pardon clause for other January 6 convictions.
• Laura SteeleConspiracy-to-obstruct conviction plus additional felonies, including evidence tampering; 12 months and one day in prison plus six months home confinementNot named in the 14 commutations; covered by the proclamation’s full-pardon clause for other January 6 convictions.
• William IsaacsConspiracy-to-obstruct conviction plus additional felonies; sentenced to 60 months of probationNot named in the 14 commutations; covered by the proclamation’s full-pardon clause for other January 6 convictions.
• Michael GreeneConvicted of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; acquitted of the conspiracy counts in this trialNot named in the 14 commutations; covered by the proclamation’s full-pardon clause for other January 6 convictions.