Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 49
- Location
- New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
- Charges
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Entering and Remaining on the Floor of Congress; Entering and Remaining in Certain Rooms in the Capitol Building; 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 guilty; Pleaded not guilty; Convicted; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
In November of 2022, a confidential source contacted the FBI to alert the bureau that Joseph Pastucci had been inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to federal court records. That source identified Pastucci because he's wearing the same hat in a profile photo on a dating website that he wore on the day of the riot. Pastucci can allegedly be seen in surveillance footage from the building, alongside his wife Jeanette Mangia, who is also charged. Court records state that Pastucci and Mangia walked around the building for more than an hour in total and entered both the office of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Senate Chamber. Both Pastucci and Mangia were eventually asked to leave the building by police but resisted, according to court documents. An officer had to push Pastucci out of the building and Pastucci shoved another officer in the chest, court documents indicate. The pair allegedly reentered for a second time later on.
Case History
Pastucci pleaded Not Guilty to all charges. Found Guilty in a Stipulated Bench trial on 4/26/2024 on all charges but one: Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. On 9/30/2024, the court vacated the Guilty Verdict as to all counts. Pastucci pleaded Guilty to one charge: Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers. Sentenced on 12/20/2024 to 26 Months Incarceration; Supervised Release Of 36 Months (With Conditions); Restitution Of $2,000; Special Assessment Of $100. Pastucci 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.