- Net worth
- Unknown
- Crimes
- january 6, obstruction, post pardon
- Convicted of
- Entering and remaining in restricted grounds (Jan. 6); helped pass table used to assault police; later contempt of anti-stalking order (D.C.); accused of assault and battery after allegedly touching women on Metro
- Original sentence
- Four months' imprisonment (Jan. 6 misdemeanor); later 60 days (contempt of anti-stalking order)
- Time served
- Before pardon
Background
Bryan Betancur Battisti, of Silver Spring, Maryland, pleaded guilty in the District of Columbia to one misdemeanor count of entering and remaining in restricted grounds in connection with the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack. He helped pass a table that was later broken up and used to assault police. Charging documents described him as a self-professed white supremacist who had voiced support for the perpetrator of the Charlottesville car attack and expressed desire to run people over and to be a “lone-wolf killer.” Advocates and journalists have also documented a years-long pattern of stalking and harassment of women and teenage girls.
The Case
Battisti pleaded guilty to entering and remaining in restricted grounds during the Capitol breach and helped pass a table that was later used to assault law enforcement. His conduct was part of the January 6 attack, which injured officers, disrupted the certification of the presidential election, and damaged public trust in the peaceful transfer of power. He had been on GPS monitoring for a fourth-degree burglary case at the time of the riot and later served a previously suspended sentence. In September 2024 he pleaded guilty in D.C. Superior Court to two counts of contempt of an anti-stalking order against a D.C. activist and was sentenced to 60 days in jail and two years of supervised probation. In March 2026, Metro Transit Police obtained an assault and battery warrant in Arlington County after livestream videos showed a man believed to be Battisti repeatedly touching a woman's hair on a Washington Metro train; he was arrested in Montgomery County, Maryland, where a judge ordered him held without bail while he awaits extradition.
The Pardon
On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted Battisti a full pardon under a proclamation covering certain offenses relating to the events at or near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Sources
- President Trump's Proclamation Granting Pardons and Commutations for Jan. 6 Offenses (DOJ)
- Granting Pardons and Commutation of Sentences (White House, Jan 20, 2025)
- Maryland man who stormed U.S. Capitol while wearing tracking device gets jail for Jan. 6 riot (CBS News, 2022)
- Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants (Wikipedia)
- Capitol rioter arrested for Metro assault as livestreams show rider touching women's hair (NBC4 Washington, Mar. 2026)