Person of record
Officer Michael Fanone
Metropolitan Police Officer · MPD / U.S. Capitol Police
Officer struck unconscious in the Capitol tunnel on January 6, 2021. Bodycam discovery notes and Ryan's contemporaneous Jan 6 timeline document Ryan helping pull Officer Fanone out of the crowd to safety. Helmet number 3603. ## 2026 body-camera source update In July 2026, Judicial Watch published a corpus of 1,627 MPD body-worn-camera videos totaling more than 1,000 hours after D.C. FOIA litigation. The underlying request expressly included all January 6 body-camera footage captured by Officer Michael Fanone. This archive connection verifies the source corpus and request scope; it does not claim that every released file depicts Fanone. Individual clips remain subject to separate review and authentication.
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Evidence on file
15 documents on file
Ryan14 documents
Ryan Nichols' own paperwork — grievances, motions, letters, cell notes.
motion · Jul 21, 2023
Thomas Sibick Defense Sentencing Memorandum, ECF No. 209
Defense sentencing filing presenting mitigation, disputing selected sentencing characterizations and requesting a non-custodial outcome. Advocacy is attributed to the defense.
motion · Jul 17, 2023
Government Sentencing Memorandum for Thomas Sibick, ECF No. 205
Government sentencing filing identifying the three offenses of conviction, presenting prosecution arguments and requesting 71 months. Advocacy is attributed to the government.
affidavit · Mar 10, 2021
Thomas Sibick Complaint Affidavit and Statement of Facts
FBI probable-cause affidavit filed March 10, 2021. Allegations are not treated as findings of guilt.
exhibit · Jan 6, 2021
Timeline - p5 (Antifa assumption, spray, saving Michael Fanone)
Page 5 of timeline. Describes hallway with people in black gear Ryan assumed were Antifa agitators (police above not caring); people screaming someone was being killed and coming out bloody; crowd sprayed repeatedly, Ryan sprayed directly, took a canister and sprayed twice to neutralize a sprayer giving them a taste of their own medicine. KEY: saw Officer Michael Fanone being pulled out of hallway with people screaming Kill him with his own gun, Ryan and Alex jumped in to stop the angry mob from killing him, yelled to send him to top of stairs and to not kill him.
exhibit
GoPro 360 Fanone rescue narrative timeline (page 1)
Ryan Nichols' first-person handwritten timeline of GoPro 360 footage showing Officer Michael Fanone being pulled down stairs and Ryan rescuing him in a non-fighting/rescue posture. Critical exculpatory evidence supporting compensation claim - Ryan was a Fanone rescuer, not attacker.
exhibit
Patriots Storm US Capitol Timeline - Anthony Antonio/Waldo/Fanone
Detailed video timeline naming Anthony Antonio (Trump 2020 scarf, same as Waldo), older man on ledge directing traffic, Alex & Ryan entering hallway, Fanone being pulled into crowd at 3:18-3:21 PM. Anthony Antonio telling crowd "this is a peaceful protest now", crowd believed people inside were peaceful.
exhibit
GoPro 360 Fanone rescue narrative timeline (page 2)
Page 2 of Ryan's Fanone rescue narrative: yelling to stop hitting him, pointing out original attacker, Fanone pushing back at assailant, Alex moving flag pole away, spotting an MPD officer. Direct exculpatory evidence.
exhibit
GoPro 360 Fanone rescue narrative timeline (page 3)
Page 3 of Ryan's Fanone rescue narrative. Documents Ryan and another man going up to help, Ryan backing away after Fanone is OK, and Ryan pointing out hostile attackers reaching over rail to hit police. Continued exculpatory evidence.
discovery
Discovery wishlist: bodycams, Reeder/Hogan, FBI Form 1023 CHS
Handwritten discovery list naming specific Capitol Police bodycam tags (X6039BJJV, X6039B9NO, X6039BF8H) and named officers/officials: Roseanne, Fanone, Robert Reeder, Hogan. Demands FBI Form 321/FD-1023 CHS (Confidential Human Source) reporting documentation KL000239.
discovery
Full Footage Patriots Storm US Capitol 4K60fps timeline log
Detailed timestamp log of a 4K60fps video titled "Patriots Storm US Capitol" identifying Ryan Nichols, Alex Harkrider (codefendant), Matthew Miller, Jake, Rosanne, Officer Fanone (helmet 3603), Roseann being trampled, civilians with shields, and a sprayed man with bloody head.
letter
Leadership Role page 2 - Officer Fanone, Trump tweet, Mayor Bowser
Page 2 of Leadership Role statement. Says he wasn't a leader at Capitol, names Officer Fanone (whom he helped save), notes that when Trump tweeted to go home and Mayor Bowser declared curfew, people listened and left INCLUDING us. Also references his own bullhorn use.
exhibit
Spray Incident - Officers Viewpoint timecode p1 (Fanone, white shirt cop)
Page 1 of detailed video-timecode log titled Spray Incident - Officers Viewpoint. Actual time 16:02:34 Ryan sprays. 7min 43sec: Is Fanone in hallway? Left hand side. White shirt cop starts assaulting helpless woman with baton and fists. Relentless - Woman in Red shirt. Officer on ledge grabs baton of white shirt cop after he hit protestors 7 times in the head. 9:30 video time: officer in white shirt has struck 28 times. 11:24 officer punches woman in red shirt with left hand. 14:01 officer batons man out of tunnel in back and back of the head - Helmet #4011.
discovery
Bodycam log page 3 - Spray Incident Officers Viewpoint
Continuation of bodycam discovery log titled "Spray Incident - Officers Viewpoint" cataloging timestamps, helmet numbers, and officer behavior including spraying civilians with hands up, lieutenant rank, baton strikes to protester face.
exhibit
Ryan Nichols handwritten Jan 6 Timeline page 2 - Officer Fanone, heave-ho, pepper spray
Handwritten Jan 6 Timeline page 2 by Ryan Nichols detailing the tunnel/stairwell incident: Officer Fanone being pulled down, helping him, heave-ho call, being sprayed multiple times by officer on ledge, with detailed video timestamps.
Evidence1 document
Photographs and exhibits.
video · Jul 6, 2026
MPD January 6 Bodycam Corpus: 1,627 Released Videos
Verified source-corpus record for more than 1,000 hours of MPD body-worn-camera footage released in 1,627 videos. The court-ruling summary and direct order landing URL are preserved; the native order binary and client-rendered video manifest remain pending. Individual clips require separate review before person-specific claims or profile links are created.