Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Location
- Largo, Florida
- Charges
- Entering or 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
“They can’t stop millions. … We busted in the Capitol,” Marilyn Fassell allegedly said in a video obtained by the FBI. According to court documents, footage from inside the building depicts Fassell, alongside her husband, walking inside the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. A blurry selfie allegedly captured her smoking a cigarette in the Capitol, her mask lowered below her chin. “This is my house, we pay taxes for this,” she is later heard saying on a different video, court documents indicate. Fassell was initially flagged to the FBI because her husband reportedly bragged about their actions on Jan. 6, 2021, in front of co-workers, one of whom law enforcement later interviewed. Agents interviewed the Fassells, who allegedly admitted to having entered the Capitol building through a broken door, but they also said they were unaware they were doing anything illegal.
Case History
Fassell pleaded Guilty to one charge: Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 12/9/2022 to 30 days incarceration followed by 3 years Supervised Probation; a Special Assessment of $10; restitution of $500. Fassell 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.