The Clemency Collection — January 6 Pardons, “No Charges Dropped” Edition
U.S. Capitol, West Front · listed by a 23-year police officer from Minnesota’s 8th District
He said “no charges dropped.” They dropped all of them.
Agent Stauber spent 23 years with the Duluth Police Department, by his own count, and he rarely lets a listing go by without mentioning it. So in January 2021, the month a mob broke through police lines at the Capitol, he said the right thing: “I want everybody that assaulted any police officer, or did any damage, or tried to interrupt the electoral count, I want each and every one of them accountable and held to the highest standard of the law and no charges dropped.”
Then the property went on the market. In May 2021 he voted against an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the attack (Roll Call 154) and, the next day, against $1.9 billion to harden the Capitol and repay the police agencies that defended it — a bill that passed by one vote (Roll Call 156). That July, as officers testified to the House about what was done to them, his office told the Duluth News Tribune: “Unfortunately, we will not be able to accommodate this request.”
On January 20, 2025, the new owner pardoned roughly 1,500 January 6 defendants and commuted the sentences of 14 more, including members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers convicted of seditious conspiracy. Just Security counted about 608 who had been charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding officers and 172 who had pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement.
We searched for the agent’s statement on the pardons. We could not find one. He does have views on clemency: in July 2026 he joined Minnesota’s Republican House delegation on a letter about a pardon granted by Minnesota’s own Board of Pardons. Some pardons, apparently, are a matter of public safety. Others are a private sale.
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What the agent says about police
“I want everybody that assaulted any police officer, or did any damage, or tried to interrupt the electoral count, I want each and every one of them accountable and held to the highest standard of the law and no charges dropped.”Rep. Stauber, January 2021, as quoted by the Duluth News Tribune
“When Twin Cities politicians spew hateful rhetoric about our law enforcement for months, it gives their constituencies permission to violently attack my brothers and sisters in uniform.”Rep. Stauber, Jan. 7, 2026, after a federal agent killed Renee Good in Minneapolis
What the agent did about these police
- Voted NO on an independent Jan. 6 commission (May 19, 2021).
- Voted NO on $1.9 billion for Capitol security and the police agencies that responded (May 20, 2021; passed by one vote).
- Office declined to discuss the Capitol and D.C. police officers’ testimony (July 2021).
- Voted NO on impeachment for incitement (Jan. 13, 2021).
- ~1,500 pardons and 14 commutations on Jan. 20, 2025, including 172 people who pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement. No statement from the agent we could find.
- Joined a July 2026 delegation letter objecting to a pardon issued in Minnesota.
From “no charges dropped” to no comment
Votes from the official House Clerk record.
| Date | Event | Details | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2020 | Offer submitted | Agent signs the amicus brief backing Texas v. Pennsylvania, asking the Supreme Court to throw out four states’ results; 126 House Republicans sign. The Court declines the case.Wikipedia; Duluth News Tribune | — |
| Jan 6–7, 2021 | Closing held | After the Capitol is cleared, the agent votes against the objections to Arizona’s and Pennsylvania’s electors. We list this. It was the right vote.Roll Call 11 | NAY on objections |
| Jan 13, 2021 | Inspection declined | House impeaches President Trump for incitement of insurrection, 232–197. Agent votes NAY.Roll Call 17 | NAY |
| Jan 2021 | Warranty issued | Agent: everyone who assaulted police should be held accountable, “and no charges dropped.”Duluth News Tribune | — |
| May 19, 2021 | Inspection declined | House passes an independent Jan. 6 commission, 252–175. Agent votes NAY.Roll Call 154 | NAY |
| May 20, 2021 | Repairs refused | House passes $1.9 billion in Capitol security and police reimbursement, 213–212. Agent votes NAY.Roll Call 156 | NAY |
| July 2021 | No showings | Officers testify to the House select committee. Agent’s office: “we will not be able to accommodate this request.”Duluth News Tribune | — |
| Jan 20, 2025 | Sold | ~1,500 pardons and 14 commutations for January 6 defendants.Just Security; Wikipedia | ~1,500 |
| Mar 7, 2026 | Plaque hung | The plaque honoring the officers who defended the Capitol, required by a 2022 law within a year, is installed at about 4 a.m., three years late.NPR | 3 years late |
| July 29, 2026 | Opinion issued | Agent joins Minnesota’s GOP House delegation on a letter about a pardon granted in Minnesota.Rep. Emmer press release | — |
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Our former agent was a police officer. These buyers were not required to be.
| Date | Status | Comparable sale | Price adjustment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2025 | Pardoned | Trevor Milton, founder of Nikola, convicted of securities and wire fraud. He and his wife had given $1.8 million to the Trump campaign.Philadelphia Inquirer; Brennan Center | ~$660M restitution erased |
| Apr 2025 | Pardoned | Paul Walczak, convicted of misappropriating more than $10 million in employees’ payroll taxes. His mother attended a $1 million-per-person Mar-a-Lago fundraiser.Philadelphia Inquirer; Brennan Center | $4M owed to taxpayers erased |
| Oct 2025 | Pardoned | Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance. Months earlier, Binance had taken a $2 billion investment paid in USD1, the stablecoin of World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s crypto venture; by February 2026 Binance held 87% of USD1.CNBC; Forbes | — |
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Seller’s Disclosure Statement
- Did the agent issue these pardons?No. Pardons are the president’s power alone. We list the agent because he promised, in his own words, that no charges would be dropped against people who assaulted police, and because he builds his political brand on backing the blue.
- Did the agent vote to certify the 2020 election?Yes. After signing the Texas v. Pennsylvania brief in December 2020, he voted against the objections to Arizona’s and Pennsylvania’s electors on Jan. 6–7, 2021. We give him that one.
- Has the agent ever criticized the January 6 pardons?We could not find a public statement from him about them, as of September 2026. If he has made one, we will gladly post it here.
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Public records cited in this listing
- Duluth News Tribune, “Stauber declines to discuss Capitol police testimony” (July 28, 2021)
- House Clerk, Roll Call 154 (May 19, 2021): H.R. 3233, Jan. 6 commission; Stauber Nay
- House Clerk, Roll Call 156 (May 20, 2021): H.R. 3237, Capitol security supplemental, 213-212; Stauber Nay
- House Clerk, Roll Call 17 (Jan. 13, 2021): impeachment; Stauber Nay
- House Clerk, Roll Call 11 (Jan. 7, 2021): objection to Pennsylvania electors; Stauber Nay
- Just Security, “Trump’s January 6 Pardons and Assaults on Law Enforcement Officers By The Numbers”
- Wikipedia, “Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants”
- NPR, Jan. 6 plaque displayed at the Capitol after a 3-year delay (Mar. 7, 2026)
- Philadelphia Inquirer editorial, “Pardon me, Mr. President!” (Sept. 2026)
- Brennan Center, “Political Donors Should Not Be Above the Law” (Sept. 12, 2025)
- Rep. Tom Emmer, Minnesota Republican delegation letter on a Minnesota pardon (July 29, 2026)
- Northern News Now, lawmakers respond to Minneapolis ICE shooting (Jan. 7, 2026)
- CNBC, Binance CEO on the Zhao pardon and World Liberty Financial (Nov. 4, 2025)
- Forbes, Binance holds 87% of the Trump family’s USD1 stablecoin (Feb. 9, 2026)
- Pete Stauber for Congress, “Meet Pete” (23-year police officer)