Kellye SoRelle

Case Summary

Kellye SoRelle has worked as an attorney for the far-right anti-government militia known as the Oath Keepers, though she does not represent any of the Oath Keepers currently facing criminal charges connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Footage taken by a documentary filmmaker on Jan. 5, 2021, shows SoRelle at a meeting in a Washington, D.C., parking garage along with Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, and Enrique Tarrio, then the leader of the far-right group the Proud Boys. Both Rhodes and Tarrio have been charged with seditious conspiracy. Federal prosecutors allege that SoRelle conspired to prevent the certification of the electoral college vote on Jan. 6 and entered restricted grounds outside the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors also allege that on Jan. 7, 2021, SoRelle "did corruptly persuade and attempted to corruptly persuade" people to withhold or destroy documents or other records that were subject to a grand jury investigation. SoRelle was arrested on Sept. 1, 2022, in Junction, Texas.

Case History

SoRelle pleaded Guilty to two charges: Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Obstruction of Justice-Tampering with Documents. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 1/17/2025 to 12 months incarceration; supervised release of 36 months; special assessment of $125; restitution of $2,000. SoRelle received a full pardon on January 20, 2025

Sources

• Primary Documentation
  NPR Jan. 6 Defendant DatabaseNPR
• Primary Documentation
  Underlying court recordCourt record linked by NPR

Case summary, charges, procedural updates and image are drawn from the NPR Jan. 6 archive snapshot dated 2026-09-25 unless otherwise indicated.