Imagine coming home from serving your country, only to be branded a terrorist, stripped of your livelihood, and silenced for speaking the truth.
Picture your family teetering on the edge of homelessness, your mortgage looming like a guillotine, while the government that once honored your service now laughs at your despair. This is the gut-wrenching reality for Zachary Rehl, a Marine Corps veteran who walked the halls of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, for 20 minutes, took a few selfies, and now faces a life shattered by a vengeful state.
His daughter was born while he was starved in a concrete box.
With his military benefits revoked, his professional licenses stripped, and a $100,000 fine from the U.S. Treasury Department hanging over his head, Rehl and his family are staring down bankruptcy and foreclosure—and could end up on the streets within weeks without divine intervention.
Their survival hinges on the compassion of strangers.
His military service, once a source of pride, now means nothing. His VA benefits were revoked the moment “seditious conspiracy” stained his record.
For a 20-minute stroll through The People’s House, Rehl—a college graduate and former Philadelphia Proud Boys leader—was sentenced to 15 years in prison for “seditious conspiracy,” a charge stemming from his presence at the Capitol, despite committing no violent acts.
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Unlike others who stormed the Capitol, some wielding baseball bats and attacking police, Rehl carried no weapon and broke no laws beyond misdemeanor trespassing.
Yet, while many of those who committed far worse were pardoned, Rehl remains one of 14 January 6 prisoners left behind—his life in tatters. The U.S. Treasury Department fined him $100,000, his seven professional licenses were revoked, and his VA benefits—earned through years of service—were stripped away.
Legal fees have bled his family dry, and foreclosure looms like a guillotine.
“It’s horrible,” Rehl says, his voice raw with frustration and exhaustion. “I mean, we’re mostly living off credit cards, but they’re pretty much all maxed out now. Collection agencies are calling, and we barely have any money left in the account to pay the mortgage this month. It’s hard because I try to do everything I can, looking for work in Philadelphia.”
Since President Trump commuted his sentence, Rehl has scoured Philadelphia for jobs, leveraging his degree in marketing and extensive sales experience from T-Mobile and car dealerships.
But the “terrorist” label clings to him like a scarlet letter, scaring off employers.
“I have a long resume in the sales industry—that’s practically what I did my whole life,” he explained. “I could do any kind of sales. That’s why I got a bunch of finance licenses. I’m trying to get myself into the finance field. But it’s hard to get a job doing that in Philly with this vicious conviction on my record.”
Rehl’s fight for a pardon—which would restore his VA benefits and clear his name—has hit a wall.
“It’s like we’re just forgotten about and they want people to forget about us. We’ve submitted applications requesting it,” he said. “That was probably a month ago—didn’t hear anything. I don’t know if anything’s happening with it. We keep hearing it’s always just a week away. I’ve been hearing that since I got out.”
His appeals, delayed repeatedly by the courts, were pushed from May to September, leaving Rehl patiently in more limbo.
“The government, the courts, keep delaying,” he says. “They’re trying to bankrupt us. They want us to be homeless. That’s what they’re doing.”
“My co-defendants and I—Joe Biggs, Ethan Nordean, and Dominic Pezzola—submitted applications requesting pardons,” he added. “That was probably a month ago—didn’t hear anything. I don’t know if anything’s happening with it. We keep hearing it’s always just a week away. I’ve been hearing that since I got out. Our application is probably sitting on a government desk, left untouched beside the Epstein files.”
“I at least need this conspiracy conviction thrown out. I wish I could have a conversation with President Trump and be like, ‘Look, can you at least just pardon our seditious conspiracy so we can get our VA benefits back?’”
“If I could just have my day in court and get my appeal… I can get my VA benefits back,” he pleads. “But they’re delaying everything.”
Worse, Rehl’s attempts to tell his story are being silenced. In a bid to reclaim his voice, Rehl launched a podcast to expose the truth about January 6 and the broken criminal justice system. After being turned down for nearly a hundred jobs since his release, he hoped to monetize the broadcast to keep his family afloat.
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But censorship struck swiftly.
The podcast gained traction until his X account was permanently suspended—immediately after he streamed an episode exposing government misconduct and the undercover operative scheme employed by the feds on January 6, dismantling the government’s narrative.
In the banned video, Rehl played a four-minute clip of Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards lying under oath about Proud Boys’ actions, countering her claims with video evidence.
“I can’t even tell the world I didn’t commit a crime without being deplatformed,” he said, with disbelief. “I just got Airbnb canceled a couple weeks ago. They’ve closed bank accounts, checking accounts on me, my car insurance… It’s really hard to get through life with this vicious conviction on my record.”
He also highlighted Paul Russell Johnson, a man he believes was protected by the government despite inciting violence.
“This is a man who was yelling over our chants at the Peace Circle,” Rehl said. “He was telling people to stop listening to us, saying, ‘We got to go fight over there.’ He was inciting people to go to the Capitol—very violent about it. He helped push over the gate, bulldozed the damn thing. He was on video bragging about fighting cops. And he got probation—weekend jail for a year. The guy who single-handedly started it all got less time than everybody.”
Rehl’s exposé hit a nerve.
“I know that’s what did it,” he says of his suspension. “The videos I streamed to my page have been deleted. I was interviewing Ryan Samsel, and I destroyed their narrative. I can’t even tell the world I didn’t commit a crime without being deplatformed. They’re constantly targeting us. I got Airbnb canceled a couple weeks ago, bank accounts closed, car insurance dropped. How do I get banned off X for exposing government misconduct on a podcast? That’s free speech.”
“You get too close to exposing these people, and they silence you,” he continued. “I was in the process of starting to monetize my podcast, but being suspended from all these networks—I don’t know if that’s feasible.”
Explosive court filings from Rehl’s trial reveal a darker truth: the FBI didn’t just target Rehl—they waged a vendetta, orchestrating his downfall.
Internal messages between FBI agents, accidentally disclosed during his 2023 trial, show corrupt law enforcement officials illegally spying on his attorney-client meetings, tampering with evidence, and scheming to ruin his marriage by spreading lies about his wife’s fidelity while reveling in his family’s suffering.
“They better give you those calls!” Agent Nicole Miller wrote, gleeful at the prospect of Rehl’s misery. “I want the ones from after the 8th, when we hit Aaron’s house! They are going to be SOOOOO good!”
Another agent, Wang, responded, “Bahaha… Did [Zach] find out she’s hooking with Aaron?! I’m waiting for this to be a legit thing. And when it is… popcorn!”
The ploy failed, but the cruelty persisted.
“I also want to know if his house got foreclosed,” Miller texted, laughing, to which her colleague replied, “I hope so.”
Miller instructed another to “edit out that I was present” in a report, hinting at her undercover work as a confidential human source. The FBI’s campaign extended to financial ruin.
“If we really want to work all the PB members, he’s the one to go after—especially his wife’s PayPal and her Venmo account,” Miller wrote, aiming to choke off donations. Prosecutors even tried to seize funds Rehl raised for his defense—as if asking for help were a crime.
“I’m on the verge of bankruptcy,” Rehl said. “It’s terrifying. Every time you feel like you get a little bit ahead, you get your knees taken out again. That’s how I felt with this podcast. It was starting to do really good, and then—bam—kicked off X.”
Former attorney, Carmen Hernandez, called the attack on his character and the federal government’s bid to send him to prison for life for misdemeanor trespassing unprecedented.
“These messages were personal, nasty—hidden glee at someone’s misfortune,” she told WorldNetDaily. “I’ve never seen such unprofessional animus from law enforcement, even against mafia or murderers.”
The FBI’s actions, she argues, violated Rehl’s Fourth Amendment rights and federal law, yet Judge Timothy Kelly blocked cross-examination of the agents and ordered incriminating messages destroyed, shrouding the scandal.
Zachary Rehl is a patriot—not a terrorist. He served his country, only to be betrayed by a weaponized FBI and a justice system that punishes dissent with mafia-like ruthlessness.
The evidence screams of a conspiracy—not by Rehl, but against him.
FBI agents laughed as they plotted to bankrupt his family, tamper with evidence, and silence his truth.
This isn’t law enforcement—it’s persecution. The Deep State’s grip on our institutions is strangling the very freedoms Rehl fought for as a Marine.
While others who committed far worse on January 6 walk free with pardons, Rehl and his family face ruin for the crime of walking and taking selfies.
But here’s the kicker: Rehl isn’t giving up—and neither should we. This man is fighting for his family, his honor, and the truth about January 6—a truth the Deep State desperately wants buried.
This is the face of tyranny, folks, and it’s time to fight back.
Support Rehl’s cause—donate to his legal fund and demand Congress investigate the FBI’s corruption.
If we let patriots like Zach fall, we let America fall. Stand up, or we’re all next.
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