Peter Francis Stager

Peter Francis Stager (born ) is an American truck driver and convicted felon who attacked a police officer with a flagpole during the January 6 United States Capitol attack.

On January 20, 2025, the first day of the second presidency of Donald Trump, Stager was pardoned along with nearly every other participant in the Capitol attack.

Biography Peter Francis Stager is a truck driver from Conway, Arkansas, who was born in .

While participating in the January 6 United States Capitol attack he assaulted a Metropolitan Police Department officer with a flagpole, striking him three times.

On January 12, an informant provided his name to the FBI. Stager was arrested on January 14, 2021, and held in Pulaski County Detention Center He was indicted by a grand jury, and his trial was initially delayed.

Stager pleaded guilty to "assaulting, resisting, or impeding a police officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon" on February 16, 2023. On July 24, 2023, he was sentenced to four years and four months in prison by judge Rudolph Contreras. Stager was released from custody early under the First Step Act on October 21, 2024.

On January 20, 2025, the first day of the second presidency of Donald Trump, Stager received a federal pardon along with nearly every other participant in the Capitol attack as part of Trump's pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants.