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David Charles Mish Jr.

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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**David Charles Mish Jr.** is a West Allis, Wisconsin man — blue-collar Milwaukee County, the old Allis-Chalmers town where people still work with their hands. He was 41 on January 6, 2021. And on January 7, 2021 — the very next day — he picked up the phone and called the Washington, D.C. police himself. **His story.** That call is the fact everybody skips. Court documents show Mish contacted D.C. police on January 7 with information about the shooting of Ashli Babbitt (FACT — court filings reported by FOX6 Milwaukee, PBS Wisconsin and Urban Milwaukee). He was one of the people closest to the Speaker''s Lobby door when it happened. He did not go dark, delete his phone, or wait for a knock. He reached out to law enforcement within 24 hours and told them what he saw. The record is also clear on what he did not do: prosecutors did not find that David Charles Mish Jr. engaged in any violent act inside the Capitol (FACT — Wisconsin press reporting on the court record). No assault. No weapon. No destruction of property. He was arrested nine days after January 6 — among the earliest arrests in the country — and the count he ultimately pleaded to was the petty offense of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. **Where the fight stands.** Mish pleaded guilty August 30, 2021 and was sentenced November 18, 2021 to 30 days and $500 restitution. He served it. The presidential clemency proclamation of January 20, 2025 covered January 6 convictions including misdemeanors like his, and the J6 pardon closed out the federal case. What stands on the record for this West Allis, Wisconsin man is a guy who volunteered information to police the morning after, was never accused of violence, and did his time without complaint. **Case record.** United States District Court for the District of Columbia, case No. 1:21-cr-112. Arrested January 15, 2021. Initial appearance January 22, 2021. Charged by criminal information February 11, 2021. Pleaded not guilty to counts 1-4 on February 22, 2021. Plea agreement entered August 30, 2021; pleaded guilty to count 4. Sentenced November 18, 2021 to 30 days incarceration and $500 restitution. DOJ record: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/mish-jr-david-charles. Search terms people use to find him: David Charles Mish January 6, West Allis Wisconsin January 6 defendant, Milwaukee County J6 pardon, pardoned January 6 Wisconsin. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.