Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 52
- Location
- Cleveland, Alabama
- Charges
- Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon or Inflicting Bodily Injury; Destruction of Government Property; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; 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.
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
Gregory Nix is accused of assaulting a police officer during the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Video footage allegedly showed Nix banging a giant white flagpole into the doors of the East House, trying to get into the U.S. Capitol on the day of the riot. Not long afterwards, Nix allegedly struck a Capitol Police officer with the flagpole, and then thrust and threw it at him. Later, court documents state, he tried to smash the glass panes of the East House doors with a black baton before finally entering the building.
Case History
Nix pleaded Guilty to one charge: Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon or Inflicting Bodily Injury. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 6/2/2023 to 42 months incarceration; 24 months supervised release; $2,000 restitution; $100 special assessment. Nix 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 - Supporting Reporting
NPR video evidence pageNPR
Case summary, charges, procedural updates and image are drawn from the NPR Jan. 6 archive snapshot dated 2026-09-25 unless otherwise indicated.