Daniel Michael Morrissey, a January 6th defendant, Army veteran, and MBA holder, has become one of the most defiant figures in the J6 saga, turning down a presidential pardon from President Trump, choosing instead to blow the lid off what he calls “a coordinated fraud upon the court” involving his former defense attorney, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and even his presiding judge, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton.
Morrissey, a patriotic American who found himself ensnared in the Biden DOJ’s relentless witch hunt against Trump supporters, alleges that exculpatory evidence proving Capitol Police induced entry into the building was deliberately suppressed, leading to his wrongful conviction and plunging him into homelessness while he fights to care for his elderly mother.
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Morrissey’s nightmare began on that fateful day in 2021 when, like thousands of other peaceful protesters, he entered the Capitol after witnessing what he describes as police agents disengaging magnetic locks and opening the Columbus Doors, inviting the crowd inside.
Far from the violent mob the mainstream media and Democrats have painted, Morrissey insists he was there exercising his First Amendment rights, chanting “USA!” and taking a selfie that the prosecution twisted into a crime.
But the real scandal? The DOJ and his own defense attorney, Anthony Solis, allegedly conspired to bury video evidence that would have exonerated him under Brady rules, ensuring his guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of “parading” in the Capitol.
In February 2022, Morrissey pleaded guilty to charges of “parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building,” a decision that concluded months of legal deliberations. The other three charges were dismissed after pleading guilty.
He was sentenced to 45 days in prison, coupled with an extensive 36-month probation period. He was also mandated to pay fines and restitution.
Despite pleading guilty to certain charges related to the Capitol incident and receiving a sentence, Morrissey claimed to have found videos on public platforms like The Gateway Pundit showing police opening the doors at the exact moment of his entry. He confronted his attorney, Anthony M. Solis. Solis dismissed it, saying, “What difference does it make?”
Morrissey told The Gateway Pundit:
Here are the Brady Video(s) denied to me by my own “counsel” and the DOJ:
CCTV Footage Facing the Columbus Door:
https://archive.org/details/MXDuwX6qZa3TAzrYM
Bad actors come on scene at 9:29, my entry can be seen at 12:15-12:16 grey North Face jacket
CCTV Footage Facing the Rotunda (opposite view):
https://archive.org/details/columbus-door-eastside-opposite-view-1-6-21
My entry can be seen at 2:47, I trip as I enter the building as once the crowd surged, I had no choice but to move forward or be trampled.
I found the second Brady Video in December of 2023, and provided the first Brady Video to the D.C. Disciplinary Counsel, and Beck Neal confirms that I entered the Capitol out of necessity, which is an affirmative defense, and negates criminal and civil liability.
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According to his evidentiary packet, prosecutor Christopher T. Tortorice allegedly lied in open court during a July 2022 status hearing, denying knowledge of the videos.
Judge Reggie B. Walton, a fixture in the D.C. swamp who has presided over numerous J6 cases with an iron fist, relied on this falsehood to block Morrissey’s plea withdrawal.
Even worse, Walton coerced Morrissey into dropping a bar complaint against Solis by threatening to upend his plea deal, shielding the attorney from accountability and prioritizing the system’s self-preservation over justice.
Fast-forward to 2025: After his appellate counsel dragged his feet for three years, allowing the fraud to fester, Morrissey went pro se.
In June, he rejected Trump’s pardon, remitting it back to the U.S. Pardon Attorney with a fiery declaration:
“I do not need clemency, by accepting it, I absolve the sins of the state… I could prove fraud upon the court, by the court, or as I like to say, the court committed “Fraud upon the People.”
Instead, he filed a Rule 60(b)(3) motion in July, demanding his conviction be vacated for fraud upon the court, not just by the lawyers and prosecutor, but by Walton himself.
Walton’s response? On October 15, he issued an order holding the motion “IN ABEYANCE” indefinitely, denying emergency relief for Morrissey’s impending eviction without prejudice, and kicking claims for damages into civil court.
Now, desperate to restore dignity to his 78-year-old mother, whose life has been shattered by this injustice, Morrissey is turning to Congress.
In a November 6 letter to Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), he demanded a full inquiry, subpoenas for all involved, and an independent review.
“This gross injustice has not only devastated my life, but has had destroyed my elderly mother’s life as well. She will be 78-years old in February, I have lost everything and I need to restore her dignity while there’s still time.
Please help, me! The Capitol Police induced the public‘s entry into the Capitol via the Columbus Doors, which is why the DOJ would not provide me with the Brady videos even though they knew I had access to them. Anthony Solis, was a part of a conspiracy to withhold these videos from the court, and the court itself facilitated the fraud.
Justice demands action. I have endured this unbearable burden for nearly five years. My life has been destroyed. I have not recovered. Please help.”
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In a statement to The Gateway Pundit, Morrissey said:
“After years of pro se legal work individual advocacy, and a relentless pursuit of the truth for J6, I have a meeting with Representative Gill to initiate the first step of a Congressional inquiry into Walton’s ruling of self-perseveration.
My story isn’t quite as explosive as the J6 Pipe Bomber (pun intended), but I would argue just as significant. What other J6’er refused his pardon, then filed a Rule 60(b)(3), pro se to force the court to confront its own fraud?
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Again, I am only asking for my story to be told because as I stated in my request for Congressional Inquiry to Rep. Gill, “In closing, 1:21-cr-660-RBW, The United States v. Daniel Michael Morrissey will not be remembered for a mere fraud upon the court finding, it will be memorialized in American jurisprudence as the case where the court committed fraud upon the people.”
This isn’t just about me, it’s about every J6’er and for the restoration for the rule of law in our country.”
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