Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 48
- Location
- Littleton, Colorado
- Charges
- Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Civil Disorder; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; 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; Entering and Remaining in the Gallery of Congress; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding
- Case status
- Pleaded not guilty; Convicted; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
Professional hunting and river guide Patrick Montgomery allegedly posted photographs on Facebook inside the Senate chambers of the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. A tipster who knew Montgomery saw a post and asked if it was him, according to court documents. Montgomery said it was. “You have been reported to the police in D.C. as well as the FBI,” the tipster wrote, the court documents say. “Im [sic] so deeply covered by the best Federal Defense lawyers in the country in case you chicken sh** cry boys don’t want it [sic] takes to defend our freedom from these corrupt politicians,” Montgomery responded, according to court documents. Montgomery told the tipster that he “didn’t storm the castle violently. My group was let in peacefully by the police we were talking to with respect. We came a[n]d left peacefully before the anarchist and Antifa showed up breaking sh** and being hoodlums.” Someone who told authorities she went to high school with Montgomery said he posted something on his Facebook page on Jan. 5, 2021, that said he was heading to Washington, D.C., and said he was “figuring out what we do next moving forward.” On Jan. 7, the day after the riot, a tipster told the FBI that Montgomery had deleted his Facebook and Instagram accounts, according to court documents.
Case History
Montgomery pleaded Not Guilty to all charges. Found Guilty on two charges in a Stipulated Bench trial on 3/20/2024: Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; and Obstruction of an Official Proceeding. On 10/9/2024, the court dismissed the Obstruction charge. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 10/31/2024 to 37 months incarceration; 36 months of supervised release; $100 special assessment. Montgomery 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.