Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 41
- Location
- Neptune, Florida
- Charges
- Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
For weeks Daniel Paul Gray seemed ready for a confrontation over the election, according to court documents. “The only day that matters is the 20th. On the 6th a f***ing s*** ton of us are going to Washington to shut the entire city down. It's gonna be insane I literally can't wait,” he wrote on social media, according to the documents. In a private message to a friend, he reportedly said: “Are you gonna be in DC on the 6th like Trump asked us to be?” According to court documents, Gray entered the U.S. Capitol building and engaged in altercations with law enforcement, pushing officers both inside and outside the building and visibly injuring one of them. According to the FBI, Gray, who posted a lengthy Instagram video describing his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, also said he was in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office as well as possibly in close proximity to Ashli Babbitt, the woman who was fatally shot inside the Capitol. In December of 2020, Gray allegedly posted on social media he had joined a militia, but court documents don’t specify which one. In the video posted to Instagram, Gray also reportedly said: “This is far from over, that was the coolest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life and stay tuned.”
Case History
Gray pleaded Guilty to two charges: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; and Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 2/16/2024 to 30 months of incarceration; 36 months of Supervised Release; special assessment of $200; restitution in the amount of $2,000; 200 hours of community service. Gray 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.