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Theodore Middendorfpardon

Jan 20, 2025

Updated Feb 10, 2026
Net worth
Unknown
Crimes
january 6, other, post pardon
Convicted of
Destruction of government property (Jan. 6); sexual assault of a seven-year-old
Original sentence
Pardon for Jan. 6; 19 years' imprisonment (2024, sexual assault of child)
Time served
Before pardon (Jan. 6)

Background

Theodore Middendorf is an Illinois man who pleaded guilty to destruction of government property during the January 6, 2021, Capitol breach. He was pardoned by President Trump in January 2025. According to CREW and court records, he had previously been sentenced in 2024 to 19 years in prison for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old and remained in prison after the pardon.

The Case

Middendorf pleaded guilty to felony destruction of government property on January 6. The Capitol breach damaged government property, disrupted the certification of the presidential election, and undermined public trust in the peaceful transfer of power.

Separately, Middendorf was sentenced in 2024 to 19 years in prison for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old child. He remained in prison after Trump's pardon for his January 6 offense. CREW and other reporting have cited his case as one of several in which pardoned January 6 insurrectionists have been charged with or convicted of child sex crimes, underscoring the severity of unrelated conduct and the public safety implications of granting clemency to insurrectionists.

The Pardon

On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted Middendorf a full pardon under a proclamation covering certain offenses relating to the events at or near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

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