Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 34
- Location
- Sherwood, Oregon
- Charges
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building or Grounds; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding, Destruction of Government Property
- Case status
- Dismissed in part or full
Case Summary
Court documents allege that on Jan. 6, 2021, David Anthony Medina destroyed a wooden sign outside of then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's office in the U.S. Capitol building as protestors ransacked the office. In a video recorded the following day, Medina says, "I just took a piece and I just kinda broke it in half. It felt so good." Text messages obtained by federal investigators from the weeks before the riot showed that Medina replied "I'm down" when a friend suggested that they storm the Capitol if the results of the 2020 election were not reversed during the certification process on Jan. 6. He was arrested on Feb. 16, 2024, in Portland, Ore.
Case History
On 1/22/2025, the court grants the government’s motion to dismiss the case with prejudice.
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.