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Matthew DaSilva
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use image**Matthew DaSilva** is a U.S. Navy veteran from Lavon, Texas, out in Collin County northeast of Dallas. He raised his right hand and served this country long before January 6, 2021 ever happened. **His story.** DaSilva''s Navy service is not a rumor and it is not something he claimed later to soften a sentencing memo — it is how North Texas news outlets identified him the day he was arrested: "Navy veteran from Collin County" (FACT — KRLD/Audacy coverage of his July 2021 arrest). He is from Lavon, a small town of a few thousand on the edge of Lake Lavon. On January 6, 2021 he was on the west plaza of the Capitol carrying a flagpole with a large blue flag. Federal agents arrested him at his home in Lavon on July 13, 2021 (FACT — DOJ record, case No. 1:21-mj-520). The government''s case centered on the crowd surge at the Lower West Terrace tunnel. He contested the charges rather than taking an early plea, went through the process, and was convicted at trial and sentenced June 1, 2024 to 28 months (FACT — DOJ press release; American Gulag defendant page). Standing on a plaza with a flag in your hand is how most Americans picture a protest. What that day became swept up a Navy veteran from a town most people in Texas could not point to on a map, and it cost him years. **Where the fight stands.** Matthew DaSilva''s January 6 case was resolved before the January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation, which covered January 6 convictions across the board — the J6 pardon closed out the federal case. He is home. The service record stands. So does the fact that he answered the charges in open court instead of running. **Case record.** United States District Court for the District of Columbia, case No. 1:21-mj-520 (later charged by information/indictment). Arrested July 13, 2021 in Lavon, Texas. Convicted of civil disorder, assaulting officers, and related restricted-building and Capitol-grounds offenses. Sentenced June 1, 2024 to 28 months incarceration and supervised release. DOJ record: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/dasilva-matthew. Search terms people use to find him: Matthew DaSilva January 6, Navy veteran January 6 defendant Texas, Lavon Texas Collin County J6 pardon, pardoned January 6 Dallas area. 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-mj-520
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 7/13.
Charges
- Assaulting, Resisting or Impeding Certain Officers
- Obstruction of Law Enforcement During Civil Disorder
- Knowingly Entering or Remaing in any Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority
- Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building
- Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
- Parading, Demonstrating or Picketing in a Capitol Building
Press & news
- https://americangulag.org/matthew-dasilva/ →
- https://www.audacy.com/krld/news/local/navy-veteran-from-collin-co-arrested-in-connection-to-riot →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/dasilva-matthew →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/texas-man-found-guilty-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach →
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