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Brian Christopher Mock
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Brian Christopher Mock is a Minnesota business owner from Lynd who came home from federal prison and did the most American thing available to him: he put his name on a ballot. FACT: In 2026 Brian Mock announced a run for the Minnesota Senate, seeking the Republican nomination for the open western Minnesota seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Gary Dahms. Minnesota Public Radio and the Mankato Free Press both covered the campaign. He is not hiding. He is running. ## Who he is FACT: Brian Christopher Mock is a Minnesota man in his late forties who built and ran his own business before January 6, 2021. He now lives in Lynd, in southwestern Minnesota — Lyon County country, small towns and farm ground. THEIR ACCOUNT: Mock has described himself publicly as the most heavily charged January 6 defendant from the state of Minnesota. He was one of roughly fourteen Minnesotans charged in connection with the Capitol breach. He spent about a year in jail before sentencing, and served part of a prison term after it. Then he came back to a state where his name had been in every newspaper, and instead of going quiet, he started knocking on doors. Whatever a voter thinks of January 6, that takes a spine. ## The legal fight, and where it stands FACT: Mock was found guilty after a July 12, 2023 bench trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. A January 3, 2025 amended judgment cited in a later federal opinion lists ten remaining counts, omits the obstruction count, and imposes time served. He was released on January 3, 2025. FACT: Mock is covered by the full-pardon provision of the January 20, 2025 January 6 clemency proclamation. The Office of the Pardon Attorney certificate-recipient list confirms his entry. This archive makes no claim of acquittal or judicial vacatur — the pardon is the operative relief. FACT: A related federal civil matter appears on the public record; the Star Tribune reported the reduction of his prison time to time served. ## Case record - Case number: 1:21-cr-00444-JEB-1 - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia - Arrest: June 11, 2021 - Bench trial verdict: July 12, 2023 - Amended judgment: January 3, 2025 — time served - Clemency: January 20, 2025 — full J6 pardon (OPA recipient list verified) - DOJ record: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/minnesota-man-found-guilty-four-assaults-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach - Campaign site (self-published): mockforsenate.com Note on the name: older archive scans and some DOJ-derived rosters render him as "Bryan Mock." The federal docket, the DOJ releases, and the pardon list all use **Brian Christopher Mock**. If you are searching *Brian Mock January 6*, *Brian Mock Minnesota Senate*, *pardoned January 6 Minnesota*, or *J6 pardon Lynd MN* — this is the right record. 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-00444-JEB-1
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Judge
- James E. Boasberg
- Disposition
- Found guilty after a July 12, 2023 bench trial on eleven counts. A January 3, 2025 amended judgment cited by a later federal opinion lists ten remaining counts, omits obstruction, and imposes time served. Covered by the full-pardon provision of the January 20, 2025 proclamation; Office of the Pardon Attorney recipient entry verified. No claim of acquittal or judicial vacatur is made.
- Arrested
- June 11, 2021
- Sentenced
- February 22, 2024
Charges
- Original bench-trial finding — obstruction of an official proceeding; omitted from the January 3, 2025 amended judgment as described in the March 30, 2026 Dunn v. Austin opinion
- Amended-judgment count — civil disorder
- Amended-judgment counts — four counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers
- Amended-judgment count — theft of government property
- Amended-judgment count — entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon
- Amended-judgment count — disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon
- Amended-judgment count — engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon
- Amended-judgment count — act of physical violence in the Capitol building or grounds
Sentence
Originally sentenced February 22, 2024 to 33 months’ imprisonment, 24 months’ supervised release, and $2,710 in restitution and fines; January 3, 2025 amended judgment imposed time served, with two years’ supervised release and $2,000 restitution reported by the Minnesota Star Tribune.
Press & news
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/minnesota-man-arrested-assault-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/minnesota-man-found-guilty-four-assaults-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/minnesota-man-sentenced-prison-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges-actions-during-jan-6 →
- https://dockets.justia.com/docket/circuit-courts/cadc/24-3027 →
- https://www.startribune.com/minnesotan-has-prison-time-for-role-in-jan-6-insurrection-trimmed-to-time-served/601201706 →
- https://www.justice.gov/pardon/freedom-information-act-foia-release-pardon-certificate-recipients →
- https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1%3A2025cv01844/281540/45/ →
- https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/02/brian-mock-seeks-state-senate-seat-in-minnesota-after-prison-time-for-jan-6-capitol-attack →
- https://www.mockforsenate.com/ →
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/03/28/jan-6-defendants-prison-reform/ →
- https://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/man-convicted-in-jan-6-insurrection-running-for-state-senate/article_bc54be13-3e61-441c-bc0b-fac1a43621df.html →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Brian Christopher Mock appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 20 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
Walk the whole case →Evidence on file
20 documents on file
Ryan4 documents in 3 items
Ryan Nichols' own paperwork — grievances, motions, letters, cell notes.
letter
From Ryan — abuse list continued (CRT, Kamala/Biden attire mockery, solitary), page 4
Page 4 of Ryan Nichols letter — list continues: lead paint in cells, no discovery access, no legal printers, denial of legal motions, vaccine requirements for visits/haircuts/religious services, CRT and re-education propaganda on tablets, 25.5+ hour solitary confinement, Congressional visits denied, racial and religious profiling, political mockery by staff wearing Democrat/BLM/Kamala/Biden attire, sent to The Hole for political views.
letter2 pages
Brandon Fellows — Police permission to enter Capitol; Jacob Lang face slammed
Page 3 of Fellows letter. Punishment plane ride: Marshall moves him to window seat alone, said something would happen (would touch him out of frustration). Marshall picks two men - MS-13 member and cop killer - sits them next to Fellows, gives them cookies, tells them "you tell me if you need anything." Surprisingly respectful political debate - both men expressed Marshall should treat him better, said he wasnt a bad guy. Marshall confronts: "Whos your judge?" "Judge Stewart." "Ill let him know what a POS you are." Got in face shoved: "Youll be back on this plane." 2 other marshals told same lies. Van ride - mocks, calls terrorist, stupid; 5 min from jail: "Almost to your new home!" Arrival DC Jail - hears "Code ICU" called for stabbing victim. Waited 4-5 hrs before brought to cell. SouthWest 2 housed 2 weeks: no church, no pastor, no kosher tray, no legal library, inadequate nutrition. 1-2 hrs rec/day except Sunday no rec letting out. Everyone else got rec daily 4-6 hrs. Wrote requests for nurse multiple times, grievances nothing. "No fruit in meals so I didnt poop for 6 days straight." Day 5 wrote/verbal requests, no nurse - tried to self medicate by pulling hardened poop bit by bit with fingers. "No toilet paper so I just washed each poop-dig with sink water - no avail." Day 6 refused to enter cell until saw nurse - guards never came - chief came down. Finally got nurse, asked why in jail.
letter
Handwritten Essay - DC Jail Grievances Continued (p.4)
Page 4 of handwritten DC Jail conditions essay listing further grievances: 9 days without shower, medical care denied, lead paint, no discovery access, CRT propaganda, vaccine mandates, solitary confinement, political mockery.
Co-detainee6 documents
Corroborating witness statements and letters from fellow January 6 detainees.
exhibit · May 6, 2022
DC DOC Issues log - April-May 2022 (CPL Abdullah, water shutoffs, suicidal)
Dated log of DC DOC (DC jail) issues April-May 2022. 4/9/22 CPL Abdullah said LT Moore was fired over Nov 11 spray incident on Mock; Kenny and Wally Knight unaccounted for. 4/20/22 Division of Infectious Disease (Mr. Carlos Franco-Paredes of University of Colorado Anschutz) visit re: Covid lawsuit; LT Bruce, Sgt Adam Cola listed. 4/20/22 Taken to SHU-A. 4/28/22 board hearing. 5/1/22 water turned off at 2:45pm; 5/2/22 water back on. 5/5/22 told LT Allen suicidal; CPL Ngumdo too. 5/6/22 told other officers suicidal, finally taken to mental health.
grievance_form · Nov 11, 2021
Informal Grievance #133394 (IGP #22111223-887) Lt. Moore OC spray attack on C-2B pod (11/11/21)
Electronic Informal Grievance Response ID 133394 / IGP #22111223-887 submitted by Ryan Nichols 11/11/21 02:46 PM detailing OC spray incident where Lt. Moore and another ranking officer indiscriminately sprayed C-2B pod while pursuing inmate Bryan Mock; names victims Lonnie Coffman and Dan Caldwell; stamped RECEIVED Nov 15 2021.
exhibit · Oct 19, 2021
Meeting With Jail Staff - 10/19/21 town hall, page 1
Notes from a 10/19/21 town hall meeting between J6 detainees and DC jail staff. Lists attendees including Debby Clark (case management), Ben Pellorin & Marvin Brown (Aramark), Shirley Smith (litigation), Annisica Point (mailroom), Captain Cobb, Sgt Franklin, Sgt Robinson, Officer Sorwanni. Shane Jenkins opened with prayer. Bryan Mock spoke about issues as pro se attorney; case manager Nesbitt refused to help with motions, phone lists; controversy over a Trump Won case management form.
exhibit · Oct 19, 2021
Jail Staff Meeting - rough notes/attendee list on yellow legal pad
Rough draft notes on yellow legal pad of jail staff meeting attendees and topics. Lists Debby Clark (case mgr), Ben Pellorin & Marvin Brown (Aramark), Shirley Smith (litigation), Annisika Points (mailroom), Captain Cobb. Opening prayer by Shane Jenkins. Bryan Mock unable to represent himself, Shirley Smith said long line of people waiting 14 days to view discovery.
exhibit
The Final Call - p3 Redneck Pod, Kash Kelly, Troy Smocks
Page 3 of The Final Call essay. Describes The Final Call newspaper calling the White Race a race of beasts costing the Black race their lives, chaplain distributing it weekly. Sgts/Lts referring to J6 unit as the Redneck Pod. Black J6 inmates Kash Kelly and Troy Smocks told Ryan that without them in the pod, the jail would make it much harder on the white people in here.
letter
Hate mail to Kelly Meggs from Orlando FL — mocks GiveSendGo, threatens 20-year sentence
Anonymous typed postcard to Kelly Meggs (Oath Keeper co-defendant) explicitly mocking GiveSendGo-crowdsourced harassment and Oath Keepers cooperators. Threatens 20-year sentence for seditious conspiracy. Cites John 8:32. KEY EVIDENCE that GiveSendGo-driven hate mail campaign described by Meggs also targeted Ryan Nichols.
Court2 documents
Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.
ruling · Mar 30, 2026
Dunn v. Austin opinion denying Brian Mock and Cindy Young intervention
Judge Dabney L. Friedrich denied Brian Mock’s and Cindy Lou Young’s motions to intervene in litigation over a January 6 officer plaque, holding that they lacked standing and declining permissive intervention under Rule 24.
docket · Mar 7, 2024
Brian Mock D.C. Circuit appeal docket No. 24-3027
A public appellate docket mirror records that Brian Christopher Mock’s appeal from D.D.C. case 1:21-cr-00444-JEB-1 was docketed in the D.C. Circuit on March 7, 2024 as No. 24-3027.
Govt response5 documents
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.
order · Jan 20, 2025
Proclamation 10887 — January 6 Pardons and Commutations
President Donald J. Trump’s January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to covered convicted January 6 defendants other than the fourteen people specifically named for sentence commutations. Avirett’s misdemeanor conviction falls within the full-pardon provision.
other · Jan 20, 2025
Office of the Pardon Attorney recipient entry for Brian Christopher Mock
The Office of the Pardon Attorney’s public FOIA release lists “MOCK, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER” among people who requested and were issued a certificate under the January 20, 2025 January 6 pardon proclamation.
article · Feb 22, 2024
DOJ announcement of Brian Mock’s original sentence
DOJ reported that Judge James E. Boasberg sentenced Brian Christopher Mock on February 22, 2024 to 33 months’ imprisonment, 24 months’ supervised release, and $2,710 in restitution and fines.
article · Jul 12, 2023
DOJ announcement of Brian Mock bench-trial findings
DOJ reported that Chief Judge James E. Boasberg found Brian Christopher Mock guilty on eleven counts after a bench trial on July 12, 2023. Government evidence descriptions remain attributed to DOJ.
article · Jun 11, 2021
DOJ arrest announcement for Brian Christopher Mock
The U.S. Attorney’s Office reported Mock’s June 11, 2021 arrest and summarized complaint-stage allegations. The release expressly states that charges are allegations and that the defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
News3 documents
Press coverage.
article · Feb 2, 2026
Brian Mock Minnesota Senate District 15 campaign sources
Mock’s campaign site identifies him as a Minnesota Senate District 15 candidate, and MPR News reported on February 2, 2026 that he was seeking the Republican nomination for the open western Minnesota seat.
article · Mar 28, 2025
Brian Mock’s reported post-pardon prison-reform advocacy
The Washington Post reported that Mock publicly advocated for broader federal prison reform after release. His descriptions of confinement and his policy proposals are preserved as attributed firsthand statements and advocacy.
article · Jan 3, 2025
Report of Brian Mock’s January 2025 resentencing to time served
The Minnesota Star Tribune reported that Mock was resentenced on January 3, 2025 to time served, with two years of supervised release and $2,000 restitution. The later Dunn v. Austin opinion independently cites an amended judgment imposing time served.