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• Two Humboldt County Residents Charged for Participating in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Attack

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Thanks to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on his first day back in office, two local residents are off the hook despite pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges related to their participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The two are among the nearly 1,600 people given a full and unconditional legal reprieve by Trump. Their cases were officially dismissed today.

Kristen “Kris” Oliver Cunningham, 54, and Stacey Lynne Urhammer (aka Stacey Loeser), 55, were indicted last October following a long FBI investigation that eventually led to their identification in photos and surveillance video captured inside the Capitol building the day of the riot.

Both Cunningham and Urhammer entered plea deals this past fall — Cunningham in October, shortly before Trump’s re-election, and Urhammer in November, shortly after. They pleaded guilty, separately, to:

• Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building and
• Parading, Demonstrating or Picketing in a Capitol Building.

Per the terms of the virtually identical deals, both Cunningham and Urhammer had two other charges against them dismissed:

• Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds and
• Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds.

Trump’s executive order grants “a full, complete and unconditional pardon” to anyone and everyone convicted of offenses related to the Jan. 6 siege, including far-right extremists, such as Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys and Stewart Rhodes of the Oath Keepers militia , who played central roles in the Capitol attack.

At least seven people died in connection to the attack, according to a bipartisan Senate report.

Urhammer was represented by Heather Shaner, a defense attorney whose work representing January 6th rioters received a lot of media attention, including the following documentary short produced by the New Yorker.