Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 33
- Location
- Keenersville, North Carolina
- Charges
- Conspiracy to Obstruct Official Proceeding; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Civil Disorder and Aiding and Abetting; Destruction of Government Property and Aiding and Abetting (2 counts); Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers (2 counts)
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
Charles “Yut Yut” Donohoe is president of his local chapter of the Proud Boys in Kernersville, N.C., where he’s employed by a bottle shop and bar called the Brewer’s Kettle, according to court records. He was arrested March 17, 2021, after an indictment alleges he conspired with other Proud Boys using radios and encrypted messaging applications to storm the U.S. Capitol building. The indictment says Donohoe interfered with police officers’ crowd-control efforts by helping to push people up the steps and into the Capitol. When the Proud Boys’ chairman was arrested two days before the Jan. 6 riot, Donohoe became concerned police would find the Proud Boys’ encrypted communications, the indictment says. The indictment alleges Donohoe created a new channel on the group's encrypted messaging application the evening of Jan. 4, 2021, and instructed others to “Stop everything immediately” and that “this comes from the top.” Later, Donohoe celebrated the events of Jan. 6 by posting a message that “we stormed the capitol unarmed … and then we took it over unarmed,” according to the indictment. In an episode of the “Leatherneck Reconnect” series on YouTube posted in February 2019, Donohoe said: “The only things that I care about are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ... Anyone that doesn’t agree with that is a traitor, and they deserve a traitor’s death.” According to court records, Donohoe served in the Marines for four years and then as a military contractor for six years.
Case History
Donohoe pleaded Guilty to two charges: Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding; and Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 12/19/2023 to 40 months of Incarceration; 36 months of Supervised Release; Restitution of $2,000; $200 Special Assessment. Donohoe 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.