Farbod Azari

Farbod "Francis" Azari, of Richmond, Virginia, traveled to Washington, D.C. with his father, Farhad Azari, and was filmed breaking through a police barricade and running up the Capitol steps as officers retreated on Jan. 6, 2021. Inside, he photographed documents in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office. Outside, he helped dismantle a section of fencing, threw water bottles at police, and swung a flagpole with a pro-Trump flag attached at officers before throwing it at them "like a spear." He pleaded guilty on Jan. 22, 2024 to civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers with a dangerous weapon, and was sentenced to 50 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and $2,000 in restitution.