Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 42
- Location
- Sacramento, California
- Charges
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; 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; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
Jorge Riley allegedly traveled to Washington, D.C., from Sacramento, Calif. Court documents indicate that on Jan. 6, 2021, Riley — dressed in a black leather jacket, wearing white feathers in his braided hair and donning face paint — appears on multiple social media posts entering the U.S. Capitol. “I’m here to see what my President called me to DC for. Hello from Sacramento!!!” reads one of his Facebook posts. According to court documents, between Jan. 6 and Jan. 8, Riley posted more than “150 messages, photographs, and videos on his public Facebook account, detailing his actions.” “We breached over there I think. We broke windows, we went into the door, we pushed our way in, and then we just kept going further and further … we went into, there was like a corridor building … We pushed our way to Nancy Pelosi’s office … and then we were sitting in there yelling “f*** you Nancy Pelosi,” he allegedly said in one of the videos. Riley served as the corresponding secretary for the State Board of the California Republican Assembly and was president of the Sacramento chapter. He resigned after the organization was made aware of his alleged participation during the riots on Jan. 6. According to a sentencing memorandum filed in federal court, he also served in the U.S. Army.
Case History
Riley pleaded Guilty to one charge: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 9/6/2023 to 18 months of incarceration; 24 months of supervised release; $100 special assessment; $2,000 restitution. Riley 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.