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Dustin Ray Williams

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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**Dustin Ray Williams** is a working man from Brady, Texas — dead center of the state, the town that calls itself the Heart of Texas. He was 32 on January 6, 2021, and he was wearing his employer''s shirt. **His story.** That detail says more about Dustin Ray Williams than any headline. When the FBI went looking, they found him because he had gone to Washington in a T-shirt printed with his company''s name and phone number on the back, and because he livestreamed himself on his own Facebook account (FACT — FBI affidavit reported by WFAA, KSAT and FOX 26 Houston). Nothing about that is the behavior of a man who thought he was doing something criminal. He went in his work shirt, under his own name, with his face on camera. He is from a McCulloch County town of about 5,000 people, and he worked for a living — the shirt proves it. He was at the West Front of the Capitol around 1 p.m. Prosecutors charged him with obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder plus four misdemeanors. It took the government two and a half years to come get him. Dustin Ray Williams was not hiding for those two and a half years. He was in Texas, working, with the same phone number on the back of his shirt. **Where the fight stands.** Williams was sentenced to 22 months, three years of supervised release and $2,000 in restitution (FACT — DOJ press release). The presidential clemency proclamation of January 20, 2025 covered January 6 convictions, and the J6 pardon closed out his federal case. A tradesman from Brady, Texas gave up years over a single afternoon, and the federal case against him is finished. **Case record.** United States District Court for the District of Columbia, case No. 23-mj-00186. Complaint filed July 28, 2023. Arrested August 1, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. Charged with obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder (felony) plus entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly or disruptive conduct in a Capitol building, and violent conduct in a Capitol building. Sentenced to 22 months incarceration, 36 months supervised release, $2,000 restitution. DOJ record: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/williams-dustin-r. (NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: exact plea and sentencing dates should be confirmed against the docket.) Search terms people use to find him: Dustin Ray Williams January 6, Brady Texas January 6 defendant, McCulloch County J6 pardon, pardoned January 6 Texas. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.