Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 49
- Location
- Forsyth, Georgia
- Charges
- Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds; Act of Physical Violence on Capitol Grounds
- Case status
- Pleaded not guilty; Convicted; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
About a year after the riot at the U.S. Capitol, a tipster contacted the FBI to tell them that they had overheard Michael Bradley bragging about his involvement in the riot and about assaulting police officers that day, court records indicate. Bradley's photograph had been on one of the FBI's “Be on the Lookout” posters, according to court records, and the FBI positively identified Bradley as the same person in the BOLO photograph after receiving the tip. The Bureau also issed a search warrant to Facebook to look at Bradley's account, and allegedly recovered a photograph with the caption "D.C. Bound. Over the hill soldiers" from the day before the riot. Bradley can also be seen in multiple photographs and videos from Jan. 6, 2021, including from a tunnel leading into the U.S. Capitol, one of the most violent places that day. Bradley can allegedly be seen swinging a baton at police officers in an attempt to hit them.
Case History
Bradley pleaded Not Guilty to all charges. Found Guilty on all charges in a Bench trial on 8/29/2024. Sentenced on 12/17/2024 to 60 Months incarceration; Supervised Release for 3 Years; Restitution of $2,000. Bradley 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.