David Mehaffie

David Mehaffie, 63, of Kettering, Ohio, was seen hanging over the Lower West Terrace tunnel during the violent clash between rioters and police during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, taking a leadership role in urging the crowd to keep pushing against the police line and yelling at hesitant Trump supporters to cross onto Capitol grounds. He pleaded not guilty to all charges; following a bench trial held 8/29/2022 to 9/7/2022, U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden found him guilty on 9/13/2022 of two felonies, aiding and abetting in assaulting officers and interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder, along with two misdemeanors, while acquitting him of the obstruction charge. He was sentenced on 2/24/2023 to 14 months of incarceration, 2 years of supervised release, a $220 special assessment, and $2,000 in restitution.