Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 47
- Location
- Katy, Texas
- 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
- Case status
- Pleaded not guilty; Dismissed in part or full
Case Summary
According to court documents, federal investigators identified Duong Dai Luu's presence inside the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, through cell phone GPS records. Luu subsequently admitted to an FBI agent in an interview that he had been inside the building for around three minutes that day. A video he took inside the Capitol, which he provided to federal investigators, showed an office ransacked by protestors. Luu was arrested on Jan. 25, 2024.
Case History
Luu pleaded Not Guilty to all charges. Bench trial set for 2/10/2025. On 1/21/2025, 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.