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Kyle Travis Colton, 38, was arrested in December 2023 and charged with five counts in a 15-page criminal complaint and statement of facts after he allegedly told passengers on a flight from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles “that he was part of the ‘second wave’ of rioters.”
Then, in February 2024, Colton was charged in a four-page sealed indictment with one count of receipt of child pornography for allegedly receiving “one or more visual depictions” within interstate commerce “where the production of such visual depiction involved the use of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.”
In October 2024, Colton pleaded guilty to one count of disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds. He faced a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
The defense and the prosecution submitted dueling sentencing memos in early January; Colton’s sentencing hearing was, somewhat fortuitously, slated for Jan. 21. The day before that, of course, the 45th and 47th president issued blanket pardons to all Jan. 6 defendants.
Now, Colton insists the investigation that led to his child pornography charge was inextricably tied up in the Jan. 6 case against him.
In April, the judge overseeing the child sex abuse material case denied a motion to suppress the evidence in its entirety – but acknowledged the government lacked probable cause to search Colton’s computer.
Previously in Kyle Colton
Then, in February 2024, Colton was charged in a four-page sealed indictment with one count of receipt of child pornography for allegedly receiving “one or more visual depictions” within interstate commerce “where the production of such visual depiction involved the use of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.”
In October 2024, Colton pleaded guilty to one count of disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds. He faced a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
The defense and the prosecution submitted dueling sentencing memos in early January; Colton’s sentencing hearing was, somewhat fortuitously, slated for Jan. 21. The day before that, of course, the 45th and 47th president issued blanket pardons to all Jan. 6 defendants.
Now, Colton insists the investigation that led to his child pornography charge was inextricably tied up in the Jan. 6 case against him.
In April, the judge overseeing the child sex abuse material case denied a motion to suppress the evidence in its entirety – but acknowledged the government lacked probable cause to search Colton’s computer.
Previously in Kyle Colton
