Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 32
- Location
- Trinidad, Colorado
- Charges
- Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon, Inflicting Bodily Injury; 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 with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Entering and Remaining in the Gallery of Congress; 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 not guilty; Convicted; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
Case Summary
During the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, officers say they're just doing their jobs, and Jacob Travis Clark screams, “So were the Nazis!” in an exchange depicted on a Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department officer's body-worn camera, according to court documents. “Stand down!” Clark later shouts at them. According to the FBI, those are examples of multiple interactions Clark had with law enforcement officials while walking around the hallways of the U.S. Capitol building. At times he was seen pushing to break through police lines, putting his hands on a different officer or picking up a folder from an office and later dropping it, court documents say. Clark has been released on a $10,000 bond.
Case History
Clark pleaded Not Guilty to all charges. Found Guilty on all charges in a Stipulated Bench trial held on 1/30/2023. Sentenced on 10/27/2023 to 33 months incarceration; 12 months of supervised release; $180 special assessment. On 9/9/2024, the court orders that the conviction be vacated and the case be remanded for further proceedings. A new superseding indictment is filed 10/2/2024. 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.