Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Location
- Lindenwold, New Jersey
- Charges
- Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; 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; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Pleaded not guilty; Convicted; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
Two days after the U.S. Capitol riot, at least three people contacted the FBI to alert them to a concerning Parler user operating under the account @Craftmetal. One wrote: "This individual has been talking about overthrowing the government for weeks in public chat rooms pushing disinformation and talking about hanging and executing people repetitively ... He claims to have been in the Capitol Building on the 6th of January and has posted multiple disturbing videos which would seem to substantiate this statement." The tipster including a screenshot of the Parler account, which appeared to show Michael Oliveras' name and phone number, which the FBI then verified and located as having been near the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, court records indicate. The FBI then reviewed Oliveras' Parler account, where they allegedly found video taken inside and around the Capitol on the day of the riot. In one video, Oliveras allegedly shows a pile of news media equipment strewn on the ground outside and says "“That’s what happens when the f***ing fake news shows up at a Patriot rally." In another video showing a mob of people inside the building, Oliveras allegedly says: “Where are the f***ing traitors? Drag them out by the f***ing hair!"
Case History
Oliveras pleaded Guilty on 1/27/2023 to one charge: Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers. He withdrew his Guilty plea on 8/15/2023 and pleaded Not Guilty to a superseding indictment. In a Jury trial on 11/16/2023, he was found Guilty on all charges. On 9/30/2024, the court dismissed the Obstruction charge. Sentenced on 10/3/2024 to 60 Months Incarceration; Supervised Release (With Conditions) of 36 Months; Restitution of $2,000; special Assessment of $270. Oliveras 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 - Supporting Reporting
NPR video evidence pageNPR
Case summary, charges, procedural updates and image are drawn from the NPR Jan. 6 archive snapshot dated 2026-09-25 unless otherwise indicated.