David Walls-Kaufman

David Walls-Kaufman, a chiropractor and former congressional staffer from Washington, D.C., was among the first group of rioters to charge into the U.S. Capitol through a doorway near the Rotunda during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, joining chanting crowds and wandering the hallways; a federal jury later found him civilly liable for assaulting Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith, whose body camera captured the two scuffling and who died by suicide nine days after the attack, and ordered him to pay $500,000 in damages to Smith's widow and estate. He pleaded guilty to one charge, parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building, with other charges, including entering a restricted building and disorderly conduct, dismissed. He was sentenced on 6/13/2023 to 60 days of incarceration, a $10 special assessment, $500 in restitution, and a $500 fine.