Chase Kevin Allen

Case Summary

A little more than a month after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the FBI received a tip from the Sedition Hunters that Chase Kevin Allen had been at the riot that day, court documents indicate. The tipster provided a photo from a Facebook page called "The Allen Report" where Allen can allegedly be seen wearing a white Boston Red Sox beanie and a camouflage backpack. Law enforcement recognized that outfit from YouTube videos of a previously unidentified young man stomping on and smashing media equipment outside the Capitol, according to court documents. In one of those videos, Allen can allegedly be heard yelling multiple times: "Get the f*** out of here" after a journalist repeatedly said, “We are leaving.” In a May interview with law enforcement, Allen said he runs a YouTube channel called "The Allen Report" and "considers himself to be a documentary filmmaker" who travels across the country to film events. Allen said that he did not enter the Capitol and that he did not destroy any media equipment, court documents indicate. He also said that he "sometimes does things while filming among groups like those at the U.S. Capitol to fit in and cause those around him to believe that he is one of them." He told police the worst thing he did was "use foul language."

Case History

Allen pleaded Guilty to the charge. Sentenced on 4/20/2023 to 3 years of probation; 14 days of intermittent confinement; 50 hours of community service; $500 restitution; $10 special assessment. Allen 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.