Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 23
- Location
- Reidsville, North Carolina
- Charges
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Entering and Remaining in Certain Rooms in the Capitol Building; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
On Jan. 25, 2021, Matthew Mark Wood called the FBI to identify himself in one of the wanted photographs the bureau had released. Wood told the FBI that he was inside the U.S. Capitol building and inside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, though he said he was pushed toward a window and entered the building only to avoid being trampled, according to court documents. An FBI review of videos from the riot indicate Wood was inside the building for a little more than an hour. On Jan. 6, Wood posted twice on his since-deactivated Facebook account. "Our election was stolen. The system is against us. I stood up to our tyrannical government," he wrote. "We sent those politicians running. We sent a resounding message to Washington."
Case History
Wood pleaded Guilty to all six charges. Sentenced 11/28/2022 to 3 years of probation, location monitoring for the first 12 months of probation, 100 hours of community service, $2,000 restitution; $180 special assessment. Wood 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.