Daniel Leyden

Daniel Leyden, 55, of Chicago, Illinois, turned his back to a Capitol bike-rack barricade alongside his brother, Joseph Leyden, and used his weight to push into the police line until the barricade broke and the crowd surged past during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, causing a U.S. Capitol Police officer to fall backward and become pinned under the barricade while several other officers were assaulted, including one who suffered a concussion. He pleaded guilty to a felony count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, with other charges dismissed. He was sentenced on 9/6/2023 to 38 months of incarceration, 12 months of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and $2,000 in restitution.