Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 42
- Location
- West Allis, Wisconsin
- Charges
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
“I came up the stairs where the scaffolding was,” David Mish Jr. told a detective with the Washington Metropolitan Police, according to court documents. “I was with a group of guys… [E]verybody was yelling ‘breach the building.’” Mish had contacted the Washington, D.C., police on Jan. 7, 2021, according to court documents, so he could provide information on the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt, the woman shot by police in the early moments of the siege on the Capitol building. The court documents don’t provide detail on what he told the officer about that shooting. Mish did tell the detective, according to court documents, that he had gone into the Capitol but that “I didn’t break anything.” Indeed, video surveillance footage captures Mish outside the Speaker’s Lobby in the Capitol building, according to court documents. He was wearing a black sweater, blue jeans and a Blue Lives Matter T-shirt and a hat with the American flag on it.
Case History
Mish pleaded Guilty to one charge: Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. The other charges were dismissed. Sentenced 11/18/2021 to 30 days incarceration; restitution of $500; and $10 Special Assessment. Mish 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.