Christopher Patrick Moynihan

Christopher Patrick Moynihan was among the first rioters to breach police barricades and enter the U.S. Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, made his way onto the Senate floor, rifled through a notebook on a senator's desk, and joined other rioters in shouting and chanting at the dais before police forced them out. At a stipulated bench trial and plea hearing held 8/23/2022, he was found guilty of felony obstruction of an official proceeding and separately entered guilty pleas to the remaining counts. He was sentenced on 2/3/2023 to 21 months of incarceration, 36 months of supervised release, and a $180 special assessment. He received a presidential pardon hours after Trump's 2025 inauguration, but became the first pardoned Jan. 6 defendant to be arrested over a separate act of political violence when he was charged in October 2025 with threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries; he later pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated harassment and agreed to three years of probation.