Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 26
- Location
- Brooklyn, New York
- Charges
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
A person that went to college with Anton Lunyk contacted the FBI after recognizing him in the background of a New York Post Twitter image from the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, court documents say. The photo in which Lunyk allegedly appears is from inside the Capitol building, and it is a screenshot from a video livestreamed by well-known far-right personality Tim Gionet, known as Baked Alaska. Ahead of Jan. 6, 2021, Lunyk also allegedly posted on his Instagram account, "This is going to be an interesting next few weeks . . . who else is going to DC this week?” Law enforcement used license plate reading technology from New York City and Washington, D.C., to capture Lunyk's travel to the Capitol as well as surveillance footage from the Capitol to confirm his presence inside the building, court documents say.
Case History
Lunyk pleaded Guilty to one charge: Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 9/15/2022 to 12 months Probation with 2 of the twelve months to be served in Home Confinement, a Special Assessment of $10, Restitution of $500, a $742 Fine; 60 hours community service. Lunyk 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.