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Daniel Dink Phipps

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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**Daniel Dink Phipps** worked security. He is a Garland, Texas man — northeast Dallas County, a blue-collar city of a quarter million — and before January 6, 2021 his job was standing a post and keeping people safe (FACT — identified as a former security guard in DOJ filings and Dallas-area coverage). That is worth saying first, because a security guard is not a stranger to how a crowd works or what a uniform means. He spent his working life on the other side of that line. **His story.** Phipps was 50 years old, which puts him among the older January 6 defendants. He was on the Capitol''s North Terrace when officers were pushing the crowd back. He did not hide afterward — social media photos and posts he put up himself placed him at the Capitol, which is how investigators identified him (FACT — NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth criminal complaint reporting). He posted it under his own name. He was charged with two felonies and four misdemeanors. On May 4, 2023, Daniel Dink Phipps pleaded guilty to all six counts rather than fight it, and he did so more than two years into a case that had already reshaped his life. The federal record on him involves no firearm, no knife, no club, and no serious injury to anyone. **Where the fight stands.** Phipps was sentenced by Judge Carl J. Nichols to 27 months, 36 months of supervised release and a $270 special assessment. The presidential clemency proclamation of January 20, 2025 covered January 6 convictions, and the J6 pardon closed out his federal case. A 50-year-old former security guard from Garland, Texas gave up better than two years over one afternoon. He is home, and the federal case is finished. **Case record.** United States District Court for the District of Columbia, case No. 1:21-cr-44. Arrested January 26, 2021 — within three weeks of January 6. Information filed January 29, 2021. Superseding indictment April 23, 2021. Second superseding indictment December 1, 2021. Pleaded guilty May 4, 2023 to assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and civil disorder (felonies) plus four misdemeanors. Sentenced to 27 months incarceration, 36 months supervised release, $270 special assessment. DOJ record: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/phipps-daniel-d. Search terms people use to find him: Daniel Phipps January 6, Daniel Dink Phipps January 6 defendant, Garland Texas J6 pardon, pardoned January 6 Dallas County, security guard January 6 defendant. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.