Joshua Colgan

Case Summary

In January of 2021, the FBI says it received a tip about a Facebook post in which an unnamed person claimed to be a friend writing on behalf of Joshua Colgan. In that post, Colgan allegedly said he was present for the death of Ashli Babbitt and that he’d also seen the Washington, D.C., police and National Guard escorting “hundreds of antifa." Prosecutors say Colgan also posted to his own Facebook page, writing that “several million Brothers and Sisters united at our nation’s capitol to overthrow this corrupt government and to form a new brotherhood of Patriots that will be permanently carved into our history books to never be forgotten.” The FBI then interviewed Colgan in August of 2021, during which he admitted being near the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but not to going inside. The FBI says Google records show a phone associated with Colgan in areas in and around the Capitol that day, and stills from security footage allegedly show Colgan inside the building, wearing a dark sweatshirt and a blue “Trump” baseball cap.

Case History

Colgan pleaded Guilty to one charge: Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 4/25/2023 to Count 36 months of probation; 28 days of intermittent confinement; 90 days of home detention; $500 restitution; $10 special assessment. Colgan 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.