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Thomas Baranyi
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageThomas Baranyi stood a few feet away when Ashli Babbitt was shot, and he told what he saw on camera that same day. Ewing Township, New Jersey. He was thirty. In an interview with a Washington TV reporter, hand still bloodied, he described it plainly: a young woman going through the window, officers shouting to get back, people around him trying to pull others back, and then the shot to her neck. He gave his name. He did not hide. [FACT / THEIR ACCOUNT - Newsweek; WUSA9 interview] That eyewitness account is part of the historical record of that day now. Baranyi pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of entering and remaining in a restricted building. He was sentenced to 90 days and one year of supervised release. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to January 6 defendants. [FACT - court record; NBC10 Philadelphia] A young man who said he tried to pull people back to safety, and who put his name and his face to what he witnessed. The record: Case No. 1:21-cr-62, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested 1/12/21. Sentenced 6/17/22. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you - or your family - claiming it is free, forever.
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On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-62
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 1/12/21. Initial appearance 1/21/21. Information filed 2/2/21. Arraigned 2/10/21 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. Pleaded guilty 2/3/22. Sentenced 6/17/22 to 90 days in jail, one year of supervised release, 60 hours of community service and $500 restitution.
- Arrested
- January 12, 2021
- Plea
- February 3, 2022
- Sentenced
- June 17, 2022
Charges
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, and Picketing in a Capitol Building
Sentence
90 days in jail, one year of supervised release, 60 hours of community service and $500 restitution
Press & news
- https://www.newsweek.com/thomas-baranyi-arrested-admitted-storming-capitol-tv-interview-1561516 →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/baranyi-thomas →
- https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/nj-man-pleads-guilty-in-capitol-riot-saw-babbitt-shooting/3133297/ →
- https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-breach/n-j-man-who-told-media-in-on-camera-interview-that-he-witnessed-ashli-babbitt-shooting-is-cooperating-with-feds-after-pleading-guilty/ →
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