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Daniel Michael Morrissey
Pardoned January 6 defendant; post-conviction litigation and attributed pardon-rejection position
Documented editorial-use imageDaniel Michael Morrissey is a Denver, Colorado man whose January 6 story, as he tells it, is one the media never really told. Here are the receipts, plainly: Daniel Morrissey traveled to Washington and entered the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, spending time inside before leaving. He pleaded guilty in February 2022 to a single misdemeanor, parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building, the same low-level count that resolved thousands of these cases. He was initially sentenced in August 2022; after a D.C. Circuit remand, he was resentenced in April 2024 to three years of probation. Then the record was wiped clean of a sentence: on January 20, 2025, President Trump's full pardon covered Daniel Morrissey, and his post-conviction motions were resolved in the months that followed. This Denver man has since shared his own account publicly, part of a podcast telling the January 6 story from his side. A Colorado man who owned his day in court, took a misdemeanor, and came out the other side pardoned and telling his own story. Case record: United States v. Morrissey, Case No. 1:21-cr-00660-RBW, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested Nov. 4, 2021; guilty plea Feb. 23, 2022; resentenced Apr. 10, 2024 to three years' probation; covered by the Jan. 20, 2025 full pardon. Sourcing: Denver, Colorado residence, misdemeanor guilty plea, sentence and resentencing, FACT (CPR News; 9News; Denver7; DOJ). Full pardon Jan. 20, 2025, FACT (DOJ pardon list). His own public account, THEIR ACCOUNT (Todd Huff Show; Spreaker). 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-00660-RBW
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Judge
- Reggie B. Walton
- Disposition
- Pleaded guilty February 23, 2022 to parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol Building. Initial sentence imposed August 16, 2022; D.C. Circuit remanded February 1, 2024; resentenced April 10, 2024 to three years probation. Covered by the January 20, 2025 full pardon. Section 2255 motion denied as moot January 30, 2025. Rule 60 motion partly denied without prejudice and otherwise held in abeyance October 15, 2025.
- Arrested
- November 4, 2021
- Plea
- February 23, 2022
- Sentenced
- August 16, 2022
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
Sentence
Initial sentence on August 16, 2022: 45 days incarceration, 36 months probation, $2,500 fine, $500 restitution, and $10 special assessment. Resentenced April 10, 2024 to three years probation after D.C. Circuit remand.
Press & news
- https://app.midpage.ai/document/united-states-v-morrissey-1000455508198 →
- https://coloradonewsline.com/2025/01/18/jan-6-defendants-colorado/ →
- https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/man-sentenced-jan-6-insurrection/73-14b2ca04-3297-4096-aa3f-8e4913530067 →
- https://www.cpr.org/2022/08/19/colorado-man-sentenced-jan-6-insurrection/ →
- https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/denver-man-sentenced-after-pleading-guilty-to-involvement-in-jan-6-riot-at-us-capitol →
- https://www.justice.gov/pardon/freedom-information-act-foia-release-pardon-certificate-recipients →
- https://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-january-6-story-the-media-never-told--69324529 →
- https://www.toddhuffshow.com/stack-of-stuff/a-january-6-story-the-media-never-told →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Daniel Michael Morrissey appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 3 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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3 documents on file
Court1 document
Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.
Govt response1 document
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.
News1 document
Press coverage.