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Biao Qu
January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageBiao Qu is a California man who was charged in connection with January 6 and never went to trial. FACT: Qu was arrested in San Jose, California, on June 28, 2023, after a criminal complaint was filed against him a week earlier, on June 21, 2023 (U.S. Attorney's Office case record). FACT: Federal prosecutors charged him with a full slate of January 6 counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder, and assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, along with the standard restricted-building and disorderly conduct counts (Source: NPR Jan. 6 archive, citing the charging documents). FACT: Qu pleaded not guilty to every count. A jury trial was set for March 31, 2025 (Source: NPR Jan. 6 archive). He never had to stand trial: on January 23, 2025, the court granted the government's motion to dismiss his case with prejudice, three days after President Trump's clemency proclamation for January 6 offenses (Source: NPR Jan. 6 archive). That means Biao Qu was charged, never convicted, and the case against him was closed for good. Under the law, and under this archive's standard, that is a clean record. The charges are listed below because the full record belongs here, not because they were ever proven. Beyond the court file, little independent reporting on Mr. Qu exists, and this archive will not guess at his story. If you know his work, his family, or his own account of that day, this profile can hold it, with sources. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:23-mj-135 (later 1:23-cr-00135), U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Charges (never adjudicated): obstruction of an official proceeding; civil disorder; assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers; restricted-building and disorderly-conduct counts. Complaint filed: June 21, 2023. Arrested: June 28, 2023. Pleaded not guilty. Disposition: case dismissed with prejudice, January 23, 2025, following the January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 23-mj-00135
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Complaint Filed - 06/21/2023 Arrested - 06/28/2023 Pleaded not guilty to all charges. Jury trial set for 3/31/2025. On 1/23/2025, the court granted the government's motion to dismiss the case with prejudice.
- Arrested
- June 28, 2023
Charges
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding
- Civil Disorder
- Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Impeding Ingress and Egress in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building
- Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Biao Qu appears in the record of United States v. Nichols. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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