Legal Documents
- DOJ Page
- Statement of Facts
- Complaint
- Affidavit
- Indictment
- Courtlistener
Sentence
sentenced to Twenty-four (24) months of Probation. Special Assessment of $25 and Restitution in the amount of $500.
News Articles
Criminal History
As set forth in the PSR, Gianos’s criminal history consists of a conviction for violating a Peace and Good Order statute and a conviction for Possession of a Controlled Substance.
Notably, Gianos has also previously been charged with obstructing a government investigation by destroying evidence. After he was arrested for the conduct that resulted in his Possession of a Controlled Substance conviction, Gianos called the arresting police department and asked about the status of his cell phone, which the police department had seized. In an apparent attempt to convince the police to give his phone back to him, Gianos told the police officer he spoke with that he had changed all of his account information and remotely deleted everything from his accounts. As a result, Gianos was charged with Tampering with Evidence and Obstruction. Those charges were later dismissed, presumably as a part of Gianos’s guilty plea to the Possession charge.
Gianos apparently took similar steps after January 6. In a text exchange with Stackhouse, when Stackhouse asked if Gianos had any videos inside the Capitol, Gianos replied “nah deleted lot of shit.” Gianos’s repeated efforts to obstruct government investigations in order to evade the consequences of his actions and evident lack of respect for the rule of law demonstrate a very real need for specific deterrence in the form of incarceration.
Documentation
