Public January 6 profile · ready to claim
Austin Brendlen Harris
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageDr. Austin Brendlen Harris knelt down and tried to save Ashli Babbitt's life. FACT: Harris is a board-certified cardiothoracic anesthesiologist from Granada Hills, California. He runs NeuroRelief Ketamine & Infusion Therapy in Sherman Oaks. (The Epoch Times; The Daily Beast) FACT: After Ashli Babbitt was shot, Harris treated her gunshot wound for roughly four minutes. A U.S. Capitol Police officer grabbed him by the jacket, wrestled him away from her, and shoved him down the hallway. (The Epoch Times) THEIR ACCOUNT: Harris has written that Babbitt still had a pulse when he was forced away from rendering aid. He is a doctor. He saw a dying woman on the floor. He did what doctors do. He got pulled off her. FACT: He was charged in January 2023 — two years later — after a former friend saw a Facebook post and reported him to the FBI. (HuffPost; The Daily Beast) FACT: He took a plea and on June 15, 2023 pleaded guilty to one count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. A petty misdemeanor. (The Epoch Times) FACT: On February 2, 2024, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton sentenced him to three years of probation and a $5,000 fine. No prison. (The Epoch Times) FACT: On January 20, 2025, the presidential proclamation on January 6 offenses issued a full pardon covering his conviction. If you only remember one thing about this man: when everyone else was filming, he was doing compressions. THE CASE RECORD Case number: 1:23-mj-21 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Docket: Complaint filed January 23, 2023. Arrested January 25, 2023. Pleaded guilty June 15, 2023. Sentenced February 2, 2024. Pardoned January 20, 2025. DOJ page: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/harrisaustin-brendlen This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:23-mj-21
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Complaint filed - 1/23/23 Arrested - 1/25/23
Press & news
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/austin-harris-jan-6-charges-facebook-parler_n_63d35893e4b0c8e3fc7d616d →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/harrisaustin-brendlen →
- https://www.thedailybeast.com/california-doctor-austin-harris-charged-in-jan-6-capitol-riot/ →
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/ashli-babbitt-rescuer-pleads-guilty-to-petty-misdemeanor-for-being-at-the-capitol-on-jan-6-post-5336692 →
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/doctor-who-helped-a-wounded-ashli-babbitt-on-jan-6-sentenced-to-probation-5580314 →
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/doctor-who-tried-to-save-ashli-babbitt-on-jan-6-charged-with-2-felonies-2-misdemeanors-for-time-at-the-us-capitol-5016719 →
Public knowledge · no paywall
This profile is free for anyone to read.
Sign-in is only required to claim ownership, manage a claimed profile, or suggest a factual correction. Reading and sharing the public record never requires an account.
A free account is required for either action so submissions remain tied to a real person and can be reviewed.
Tap how this hits you — no signup, everyone sees the count
Connection to United States v. Nichols
Austin Brendlen Harris appears in the record of United States v. Nichols. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
Walk the whole case →Evidence on file
No scans linked yet
No scans linked to this entry yet. Curating is ongoing — check back.