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Brandon Kelly Dillard
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageBrandon Kelly Dillard is a Las Vegas, Nevada man known for scaling the Capitol's exterior wall on January 6. FACT: By every account he is an athlete of a climber. On January 6 he was captured on video scaling down the Capitol's exterior wall from the Upper West Terrace and climbing through a window. Online sleuths identified him by his distinctive Supreme spider-web hoodie, and the media pinned a nickname on him from it. (NBC News; Daily Beast) The nickname is a press label, not a court finding; we note it only for the record and put no more weight on it than that. FACT: He was arrested March 3, 2023, in Las Vegas, more than two years after the riot, and later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building. Charges also included entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading in a Capitol building. (NBC News) The climb made him famous online, but the courtroom outcome was ordinary: a single misdemeanor plea, not a felony, not an assault charge, not a conspiracy count. That distinction matters when the headline outruns the record. People who find this page after seeing the viral clip usually do not know how the case actually ended. It ended the way most misdemeanor January 6 cases ended: a plea, a sentence short of prison, and eventually clemency. WHERE THINGS STAND: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to January 6 defendants, covering Brandon Dillard. (FACT) Strip away the headline and what is left is a Nevada man who accepted a misdemeanor and moved on. His real story, who he is beyond one viral clip, is his to tell. CASE RECORD U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested 03/03/2023 in Las Vegas. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count. Clemency granted January 20, 2025. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
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- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Arrested
- March 3, 2023
Charges
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building
- Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
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