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Tyng Jing Yang

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Tyng Jing Yang was sixty years old on January 6, 2021. A Hoffman Estates man, northwest suburbs of Chicago. He served six days. Six. That number tells you almost everything about how this case was actually weighted by the judge who heard it. THE MAN Tyng Jing Yang is from Hoffman Estates, Illinois, in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. (FACT — Chicago Sun-Times; ABC7 Chicago; Patch) He was 60 years old at the time of the events — a grandfather-generation man, not a street brawler. WHAT THE SURVEILLANCE ACTUALLY SHOWED Federal surveillance video captured Yang entering through the upper west terrace doors, walking up the stairs, and going into the Rotunda — where he took selfies and posed for photographs. (FACT — DOJ charging documents; Fox News; Sun-Times) Selfies in the Rotunda. That is what the government's own video showed him doing for most of his time in the building. The felony count arose from a moment when officers moved to clear the crowd and Yang was alleged to have grabbed hold of an officer's baton. He was charged with one felony count of interfering with law enforcement during a civil disorder plus four related misdemeanors. (FACT — DOJ press release) Charges are charges. We report them, we do not inflate them. THE LEGAL FIGHT Complaint filed November 15, 2022. Tyng Jing Yang was arrested November 16, 2022 — nearly two years after January 6. (FACT — DOJ docket) DOCUMENTED INFERENCE: U.S. District Judge John D. Bates sentenced Yang to six days in prison on the civil disorder count. (FACT — reported sentence) A six-day sentence on a felony civil disorder charge is about as close to time-served as the federal system gets. Judge Bates heard the full record and imposed six days. That is a judgment about proportion, and it came from the bench, not from a defense lawyer. On January 20, 2025, the presidential clemency action covering offenses relating to the events at or near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 issued full pardons across the January 6 docket. (FACT) CASE RECORD Name: Tyng Jing Yang Hometown: Hoffman Estates, Illinois Case No.: 1:22-mj-254 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Complaint filed: November 15, 2022 | Arrested: November 16, 2022 Sentence: six days Clemency: January 20, 2025 DOJ docket: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/yang-tyng-jing This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.