Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 59
- Location
- Louisa, Virginia
- Charges
- Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers (2 counts); Entering or 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; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
Lewis Wayne Snoots can allegedly be seen in surveillance footage from the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Court records indicate that in that footage, he is seen in a tunnel leading into the Capitol participating in a "heave-ho" effort to overwhelm the police protecting the entrance to the building. Snoots can also allegedly be seen passing police riot shields over his head to the mob in an attempt to push through. Snoots can later be seen on video, court records state, grabbing a police officer and restraining him while others assaulted the officer. Later that evening, Snoots allegedly appeared in a video on social media and said: "I'm fed up with it, everybody is fed up with it... What they don't understand is it's just starting. Every political a****** up in that place is now going to have a target on their back everywhere they go."
Case History
Snoots pleaded Guilty to one charge: Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 1/17/2025 to 71 months of incarceration; 36 months of supervised release; $96,927.18 in restitution; $100 special assessment. Snoots 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.