Carrie Ann Williams

Case Summary

Carrie Ann Williams and her fiancé Tyrone McFadden came to the attention of the FBI through a tip that pointed to another rioter, Aaron James Mileur. According to that tipster, Mileur had posted photo and video footage of himself inside the U.S. Capitol building during the riot. Among the photos he posted was one depicting himself with Williams and McFadden – Williams in a black hooded sweatshirt and glasses. Reviewing more photo and video footage of that day, including CCTV from the Capitol, the FBI subsequently found images of individuals who they believe to be Williams and McFadden, and some footage taken inside the Rotunda appears to show the same area captured in Mileur’s video of the couple. Google records allegedly show that mobile devices registered to both Williams and McFadden put them inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. In a short video from the day, taken by the Young Patriots Society titled “Storming the Capitol," Williams and McFadden can both be seen talking to the interviewer and saying they “definitely” were within the first 100-150 people to get in the building. Williams also said, “We made it out safe. We’re good. We made history. We was not expecting this mess at all today. But we did it. We’re here. We’re still alive, we’re still kicking.” In March, 2021, the two were interviewed by the FBI. Both denied going inside the Capitol, but said they were close enough to see inside. Further examination of their Facebook accounts by the FBI show multiple posts of them with Mileur in Washington, D.C., and near the Capitol that day. On Williams' account there are conversations between her and Mileur talking about taking down related Facebook posts. Williams wrote, “So the news said the government wants people to turn over any videos of people who stormed the capital” and later followed up “Still had a blast but calling us domestic terrorist…Im not taking the pics down though."

Case History

Williams pleaded Guilty to one charge: Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 3/20/2023 to 24 Months Probation; 30 days location monitoring; 60 hours of community service; $500 Restitution and $10 Special Assessment. Williams 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.