Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 40
- Location
- Mobile, Alabama
- Charges
- 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 or Grounds; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
Kari Kelley was identified to the FBI as being inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, by someone who was inside the building with her, court documents indicate. She is also allegedly seen on security footage that day crawling through an open window to enter the Capitol and later holding her phone up in the crowd that filled the Senate wing, where she appears to be on a FaceTime call or other video chat with another person. According to local news, Kelley is an insurance adjuster in Mobile, Ala.
Case History
Kelley pleaded Guilty to one charge: Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced 3/17/2022 to 36 months of probation, $500 restitution; $10 special assessment. Kelley 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.