A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has opened the federal government's pocketbooks to a convicted Jan. 6 defendant whose timing was everything – at least tentatively.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge John D. Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, ordered the government to repay Yvonne St Cyr exactly $2,270 in fees and restitution – the full amount she actually paid as part of her punishment over six convictions for her actions at the U.S. Capitol Complex as part of the pro-Donald Trump mob that day.

In the September 2023 judgment for her case, St Cyr was ordered, also by Bates, to pay an additional $1,000 fine. This final amount was never forked over as her conviction was appealed and she was subsequently pardoned by the 45th and 47th president.

In a 15-page memorandum opinion and concomi

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