- Net worth
- Unknown
- Crimes
- january 6, weapons, obstruction
- Convicted of
- Navy veteran, Proud Boy; stormed Capitol Jan. 6; expressed admiration for Hitler, Rudolph, Kaczynski; antisemitic comments; stockpiled weapons/silencers; convicted on firearms charges in Virginia
- Original sentence
- 3 years in prison (Apr 2023, Virginia gun charges—unregistered silencers); separate D.C. obstruction case
- Time served
- Before pardon
Background
Hatchet Speed, 41, of McLean, Virginia, is a former Navy reservist who held top-secret clearances while working for a defense contractor. He stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and was charged in Washington, D.C., with obstructing an official proceeding. In Virginia he was convicted of firearms charges related to unregistered silencers (devices marketed as "solvent traps") and sentenced in April 2023 to three years in prison. AP and the DASS tracker report that he expressed admiration for Hitler, Rudolph, and Kaczynski and made antisemitic comments. President Trump pardoned him in January 2025 for his Jan. 6 offenses.
The Case
Speed's conduct at the Capitol was part of the January 6 attack, which disrupted the certification of the presidential election. The judge in his Virginia case said his admiration for violent historical figures and his views on using violence to achieve objectives demonstrated danger to the public. His firearms conviction was separate from the D.C. case. The DASS Insurrectionist Tracker documents his case among insurrectionists with other crimes.
The Pardon
On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted Speed a full pardon under a proclamation covering certain offenses relating to the events at or near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.