Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 43
- Location
- Stockholm, New Jersey
- Charges
- Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; 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; Impeding Ingress and Egress in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building; Stepping, Climbing, Removing, or Injuring Property on the Capitol Grounds
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
Scott Fairlamb, a gym owner from New Jersey, is accused of shoving an officer and punching the officer in the head on Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. Videos from that day allegedly show Fairlamb standing on scaffolding and carrying a baton while saying, "What do patriots do? We f***in' disarm them and then we storm the f***in' Capitol." He's charged with assaulting an officer, civil disorder, unlawful entry of a restricted building while armed with a dangerous or deadly weapon, and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Last year, Fairlamb, who was struggling to keep his gym afloat because of pandemic lockdowns, protested and defied the governor's coronavirus restrictions. “He has overstepped his boundaries, and it’s time for these gyms, that are, that are essential to open up,” he told CBS New York at the time.
Case History
Fairlamb pleaded Guilty to two felony charges: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; and Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced 11/10/2021 to 41 months incarceration with credit for time served; 26 months supervised release; $200 special assessment; $2,000 fine. Fairlamb 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.