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Michael Joseph Rusyn
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Michael Joseph Rusyn is one of the 1,571 January 6 defendants indexed in this archive — preserved from the DOJ Capitol Breach case list this site mirrored after the government scrubbed it from justice.gov. Case 1:21-cr-303 — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Charges, per the DOJ record: Entering and Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. The docket, as recorded: Rusyn self-surrendered on 4/9/21 and had his initial appearance the same afternoon. Charged via criminal information on 4/12 and pleaded not guilty to all counts on 4/26/21. Plea agreement entered 9/13. Pleaded guilty to count 4s. Sentenced 1/11/22 to 24 months of probation, including 60 days of home confinement, $2,000 fine, $500 restitution. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever. Organize the record, add your documents, and tell the story where no platform can bury it.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-303
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Rusyn self-surrendered on 4/9/21 and had his initial appearance the same afternoon. Charged via criminal information on 4/12 and pleaded not guilty to all counts on 4/26/21. Plea agreement entered 9/13. Pleaded guilty to count 4s. Sentenced 1/11/22 to 24 months of probation, including 60 days of home confinement, $2,000 fine, $500 restitution.
- Sentenced
- January 11, 2022
Charges
- Entering and Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds
- Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds
- Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building
- Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
Sentence
24 months of probation, including 60 days of home confinement, $2,000 fine, $500 restitution
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Michael Joseph Rusyn appears in the record of United States v. Nichols. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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