- Net worth
- Unknown
- Crimes
- january 6, obstruction, weapons, post pardon
- Convicted of
- Jan. 6: civil disorder, assaulting officers with dangerous weapon (sign used as weapon); Ohio: firearms disability, menacing, assault, discharge near abandoned premises
- Original sentence
- Jan. 6 case dismissed Jan. 22, 2025; Ohio: 30 days jail, 3 years probation (July 2025)
- Time served
- N/A (federal case dismissed upon pardon)
Background
Jeffrey Newcomb was charged federally for allegedly helping rioters push an oversized campaign sign into U.S. Capitol Police lines on January 6, 2021. He was pardoned in January 2025 while a separate Ohio criminal case was still pending.
The Case
The Justice Department said Newcomb brought an 8-by-10-foot "TRUMP 2024" sign on a custom aluminum wagon to the Capitol grounds, handed it to others to shove into the police line, and at times pushed rioters from behind to keep pressure on officers. He was arrested on October 22, 2024, on felony civil disorder and assault charges. His conduct endangered law enforcement and contributed to the mob's effort to breach security during Congress's electoral count.
Trump's pardon led to dismissal of the federal case on January 22, 2025. At that time Newcomb was also under indictment in Morrow County, Ohio, for possessing a handgun despite a prior felony conviction, aggravated menacing, and assault. On April 23, 2025—after the pardon—he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor discharge of a firearm on or near abandoned premises, aggravated menacing, and assault. In July 2025 an Ohio court sentenced him to 30 days in jail and three years of probation.
The Pardon
On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted Newcomb a full pardon under a proclamation covering certain offenses relating to the events at or near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.