{"id":134362,"date":"2025-03-31T22:30:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:06:59","slug":"trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2024\/11\/18\/veterans-involved-in-jan-6-riot-expect-trump-to-keep-pardon-promise\/\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/pardon\/media\/1394971\/dl?inline\" target=\"_blank\">pardoned<\/a>&nbsp;a Virginia man whose sentence already was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/01\/21\/convicted-veterans-among-jan-6-rioters-granted-pardons-commutations\/\" target=\"_blank\">commuted<\/a>&nbsp;for his convictions stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas Caldwell, a retired Navy intelligence officer, was tried alongside Oath Keepers founder&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2025\/01\/24\/released-army-vet-in-jan-6-case-must-get-court-permission-to-enter-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stewart Rhodes<\/a>&nbsp;but acquitted of seditious conspiracy \u2014 the most serious charge brought in the Jan. 6 attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caldwell\u2019s pardon is dated March 20. Defense attorney David Fischer said he informed Caldwell of the pardon on Monday after learning about it from news reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd he\u2019s elated,\u201d Fischer added.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/01\/21\/convicted-veterans-among-jan-6-rioters-granted-pardons-commutations\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23145411304194.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Convicted veterans among Jan. 6 rioters granted pardons, commutations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">About 230 people with military backgrounds were charged in connection with the attack and have now been granted clemency by President Trump.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A jury convicted Caldwell of obstructing Congress and of obstructing justice for tampering with documents after the riot. One of those convictions was dismissed in light of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-capitol-riot-obstruction-2cdba47baa5cea8177d651de751760a6\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Supreme Court<\/a>&nbsp;ruling last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Jan. 10, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/01\/11\/navy-vet-cleared-of-jan-6-conspiracy-charges-sentenced-to-time-served\/\" target=\"_blank\">sentenced Caldwell<\/a>&nbsp;to time served with no supervised release. Prosecutors had recommended&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.239207\/gov.uscourts.dcd.239207.905.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">four years in prison<\/a>&nbsp;for Caldwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ten days later, on his first day back in the White House, Trump issued a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/01\/21\/convicted-veterans-among-jan-6-rioters-granted-pardons-commutations\/\" target=\"_blank\">sweeping grant of clemency<\/a>&nbsp;to all 1,500-plus people charged in the Capitol riot. Trump commuted the sentences of several defendants who were leaders and members of the Oath Keepers or Proud Boys extremist groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than a dozen defendants were convicted of seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors said were violent plots to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/10\/10\/the-oath-keepers-jan-6-trial-is-underway-heres-what-we-know-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\">keep Trump in power<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors had alleged at trial that Caldwell helped coordinate \u201cquick reaction force\u201d teams prosecutors said the Oath Keepers stationed outside the capital city to get weapons into the hands of extremists if they were needed. The weapons were never deployed, and lawyers for the Oath Keepers said they were only there for defensive purposes in case of attacks from left-wing activists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Caldwell, who didn\u2019t enter the Capitol,&nbsp;took the witness stand&nbsp;and down played messages he sent leading up to Jan. 6, including one floating the idea about getting a boat to ferry \u201cheavy weapons\u201d across the Potomac River. Caldwell said he was never serious about it, calling it \u201ccreative writing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fischer said his client was \u201cfirst among equals for a pardon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen a progressive D.C. jury acquits him of most of the charges and an Obama-appointed judge sentences him to basically time served and a fine, I think it\u2019s safe to say the government got it wrong,\u201d the attorney said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writer Alanna Durkin Richer contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Caldwell, a retired Navy intelligence officer, was tried alongside Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes but acquitted of seditious conspiracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":113090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":159,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[159,10,15,88],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3129],"class_list":["post-134362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-extremism-disinformation","category-flashpoints","category-news","category-your-military"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"VUBKBPBGMJA4JKSSOOCJQ5ONWE","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot - Military Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thomas Caldwell, a retired Navy intelligence officer, was tried alongside Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes but acquitted of seditious conspiracy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thomas Caldwell, a retired Navy intelligence officer, was tried alongside Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes but acquitted of seditious conspiracy.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Military Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-31T22:30:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T20:06:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/extremism-disinformation\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/31\\\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/extremism-disinformation\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/31\\\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1587e1f8c0d41f0683bf42b02602ad8\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2025-03-31T22:30:38+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T20:06:59+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/extremism-disinformation\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/31\\\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 420,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/extremism-disinformation\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/31\\\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP25090663723461.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"Extremism &amp; Disinformation\",\n\t                \"Flashpoints\",\n\t                \"News\",\n\t                \"Your Military\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/extremism-disinformation\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/31\\\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/extremism-disinformation\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/31\\\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/extremism-disinformation\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/31\\\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot - Military Times\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/extremism-disinformation\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/31\\\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/extremism-disinformation\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/31\\\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP25090663723461.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2025-03-31T22:30:38+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T20:06:59+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Thomas Caldwell, a retired Navy intelligence officer, was tried alongside Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes but acquitted of seditious conspiracy.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/extremism-disinformation\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/31\\\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/extremism-disinformation\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/31\\\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/extremism-disinformation\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/31\\\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP25090663723461.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP25090663723461.jpg.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/extremism-disinformation\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/31\\\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Flashpoints\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"flashpoints\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Extremism &amp; Disinformation\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/extremism-disinformation\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"extremism-disinformation\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 4,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Military Times\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Independent News About Your Military | Military Times\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Military Times\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/military-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/military-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Military Times\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1587e1f8c0d41f0683bf42b02602ad8\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/staging.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot - Military Times","description":"Thomas Caldwell, a retired Navy intelligence officer, was tried alongside Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes but acquitted of seditious conspiracy.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot","og_description":"Thomas Caldwell, a retired Navy intelligence officer, was tried alongside Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes but acquitted of seditious conspiracy.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/","og_site_name":"Military Times","article_published_time":"2025-03-31T22:30:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-08T20:06:59+00:00","author":"Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#\/schema\/person\/f1587e1f8c0d41f0683bf42b02602ad8"},"headline":"Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot","datePublished":"2025-03-31T22:30:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T20:06:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/"},"wordCount":420,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25090663723461.jpg.jpg","articleSection":["Extremism &amp; Disinformation","Flashpoints","News","Your Military"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/","name":"Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot - Military Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25090663723461.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-31T22:30:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T20:06:59+00:00","description":"Thomas Caldwell, a retired Navy intelligence officer, was tried alongside Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes but acquitted of seditious conspiracy.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25090663723461.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25090663723461.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-pardons-navy-veteran-convicted-in-capitol-riot\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Flashpoints","item":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/","ad_zone":"flashpoints"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Extremism &amp; Disinformation","item":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/","ad_zone":"extremism-disinformation"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/","name":"Military Times","description":"Independent News About Your Military | Military Times","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#organization","name":"Military Times","url":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/military-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/military-logo-white.png","caption":"Military Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#\/schema\/person\/f1587e1f8c0d41f0683bf42b02602ad8","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Military Times","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25090663723461.jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134364,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134362\/revisions\/134364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134362"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=134362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}