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Vitali GossJankowski
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Vitali GossJankowski is a Deaf man whose January 6 case was covered in detail by The Daily Moth, a news outlet serving the Deaf community (FACT, per The Daily Moth). Per the DOJ record, GossJankowski was arrested January 18, 2021, indicted February 17, 2021, and pleaded not guilty at arraignment March 10, 2021, to charges including civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, and assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon (CHARGE ONLY as to the specific conduct alleged). A superseding indictment followed November 10, 2021. Multiple outlets, including ABC News, Newsweek, CBS News, and WUSA9, later reported courtroom incidents during the case, including a physical altercation when GossJankowski was ordered detained, and separate allegations of threatening messages sent to a federal officer after January 6 (CHARGE ONLY / NEEDS AUTHENTICATION, these are reported allegations, not confirmed convictions in this archive's record, and the presumption of innocence applies). On January 20, 2025, President Trump's clemency proclamation covered the January 6 prosecutions. Case record: 1:21-cr-123, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested 1/18/21. Indicted 2/17/21. Superseding indictment 11/10/21. 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-123
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 1/18/21. Indicted 2/17. Arraigned 3/10 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. Superseding indictment filed 11/10/2021.
- Arrested
- January 18, 2021
Charges
- Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building
Press & news
- https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jan-6-defendant-allegedly-antisemitic-threats-federal-agents/story?id=104485810 →
- https://www.dailymoth.com/blog/deaf-man-charged-in-jan-6-riot-vitali-gossjankowski-on-trial →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/gossjankowski-vitali →
- https://www.newsweek.com/capitol-riot-defendant-fights-officers-1839239 →
- https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/judge-orders-jan-6-defendant-back-to-court-over-alleged-harassing-texts-to-officer-vitali-gossjankowski-capitol-riot/65-47ff93e3-5b15-44e7-94cf-9b016e545e8b →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Vitali GossJankowski appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 1 shared document on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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Govt response1 document
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.