Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 33
- Location
- Detroit, Michigan
- Charges
- 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 or Grounds; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
About a month after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, a tipster reached out to the FBI to tell them that Ruben Reyna had been there, according to a federal court record. Reyna can allegedly be seen in surveillance footage from inside the building that day. In an interview with the FBI, Reyna allegedly admitted to entering the building and said he got “swept up in the passion of the moment.”
Case History
Reyna pleaded Guilty to one charge: Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds. Sentenced on 6/14/2024 to 14 days incarceration; 12 months of Supervised Release; Special Assessment of $25; restitution of $500. Reyna 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.