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Daniel Goodwyn
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageDaniel Goodwyn is a web designer from Corinth, Texas, who says he went to the Capitol on January 6 as a citizen journalist. Goodwyn was 35 when his case turned on about sixty seconds. (FACT: court record) THEIR ACCOUNT: By his own telling, and by reporting from the Dallas Morning News in March 2021 on North Texans claiming a journalism defense, he went to the Capitol as a citizen journalist filming for an independent site, walked inside, was told to leave, and left in under a minute. Legal experts quoted in that reporting cautioned that the claim is not, by itself, a valid legal defense if the law was broken. (NEEDS AUTHENTICATION for exact timing) He pleaded guilty to entering the Capitol. (FACT: court record) After his plea, he told his story on national television in a March 2023 interview with Tucker Carlson, and for telling it, the judge placed him under computer-monitoring conditions, which Daniel called Orwellian. He never stopped speaking on the record, through multiple interviews across several years. (FACT: Washington Examiner; Fox News) People searching his name usually want to know what happened after the "Orwellian" headline: the case ran its full course, and it ended the same way most January 6 cases ended. WHERE THINGS STAND: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to January 6 defendants, covering Daniel Goodwyn. (FACT) RECEIPTS Dallas Morning News, citizen-journalist defense reporting, March 2021 Washington Examiner interview and monitoring reporting Fox News / Tucker Carlson interview, March 2023 CASE RECORD United States v. Goodwyn, No. 1:21-cr-153, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested 1/29/21. Indicted 2/24/21. Arraigned 4/2/21. Pleaded guilty 1/31/23. Clemency granted 1/20/25. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-153
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 1/29/21. Indicted 2/24/21. Arraigned 4/2/21 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. Status conference set for 10/5/21. Pleaded Guilty 01/31/23.
- Arrested
- January 29, 2021
Charges
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding
- 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
Press & news
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/goodwyn-daniel →
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2966310/riot-revisited-jan-6-defendants-recount-orwellian-treatment/ →
- https://www.foxnews.com/video/6322049576112 →
- https://www.newser.com/story/335832/jan-6-rioters-are-raking-in-the-donations-feds-arent-having-it.html →
- https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/03/12/they-allegedly-stormed-the-capitol-now-they-say-it-was-in-the-service-of-journalism/ →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Daniel Goodwyn appears in the record of United States v. Nichols. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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