David Moerschel

Surveillance and photos show Moerschel was present at the Capitol on Jan. 6th. He attended with members of the Oathkeeper organization. It doesn’t appear that he engaged in violence. The following narrative was provided by his family:

“David Moerschel is a highly specialized medical worker and a trained crisis chaplain. On January 6, 2021, he climbed the steps towards the Capitol in the infamous “stack” in response to a call for help from the Oath Keeper medic. The medic reported that he had treated numerous people for injuries requiring hospitalization. To make matters worse, rioters were attacking the medics. The group of Oath Keepers was re-assigned from security to medical response. David was to assist the medic, while the other (non-medical) members were to create a perimeter around the working medics to protect them from rioters.

When David arrived at the top of the stairs, the doors to the Capitol were closed. A dense crowd had assembled, and he was looking for the injured. Before long, a cheer went up. He didn’t know why until people began yelling “Push, push!” The Capitol doors were opened from the inside. And a stadium stampede began. You go with the stampede or risk being trampled to death. The crowd pushed its way in to the Capitol. And the rest is history.

For his 11 minutes in the Capitol, David Moerschel has suffered immensely. He was found guilty of four serious crimes even though he never committed any act of violence, never shouted, never celebrated being in the Capitol (in fact, he left as soon as he could!). He never even thought of committing the crimes for which they managed to find him guilty.

He is scheduled for sentencing on June 1. But he is not leaving this unchallenged. Consider contributing to his legal challenge using the link below.”

Please keep in mind that in the United States, every citizen charged with a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Charges

Conspiracy (1) Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting (2) Destruction of Government Property and Aiding and Abetting (3) Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Buildings or Grounds (4) Tampering with Documents or Proceedings (5)

Case Status

Moerschel was arrested on 7/2/21 and released on personal recognizance on 07/12/21. Magistrate case #21-mj-00512 closed on 08/04/21, merged with #21-cr-28 (Oath Keepers Superseding Indictment). On 1/12/22, Moerschel was merged into Case #22-cr-15 (Rhodes et al). Entered a plea of not guilty to all counts on 1/25/22. He is in trial group 2 (Minuta, Hackett, Moerschel, Vallejo). See Case 2- 22-cr-0015.

USA Attorney

Ahmed Muktadir Baset
Ahmed Muktadir Baset USAO-DC 555 4th Street, NW, Room 4209 Washington, DC 20530 202 252 7097 [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Designation: Assistant US Attorney

USA Attorney

Alexandra Stalimene Hughes
Alexandra Stalimene Hughes DOJ-NSD 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 202 353 0023 [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Designation: Assistant US Attorney

USA Attorney

Jeffrey Nestler
Jeffrey S. Nestler US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 555 FOURTH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20530 [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY TO BE NOTCED: Designation: Assistant US Attorney

USA Attorney

Justin Todd Sher
Justin Todd Sher US Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 202 353 3909 [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Designation: Assistant US Attorney

USA Attorney

Kathryn Rakoczy
Kathyrn Leigh Rakoczy USAO-DC 555 Fourth St, NW, Washington, DC 20503 202 252 6928 [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Designation: Assistant US Attorney

USA Attorney

Troy A Edwards, Jr.
Troy A. Edwards, Jr. USAO-DC 555 Fourth St, NW, Washington DC 20001 202 252 7081 [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Designation: Assistant US Attorney

USA Attorney

Louis Manzo
Louis Manzo DOJ-CRM 1400 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20002 202 616 2706 [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Designation: Assistant US Attorney

David Moerschel's Mailing Address

NA-Released.

Please note: Prisoner mail is reviewed by guards. Please keep messages of encouragement to a general and/or religious nature. For example, do not mention the events of Jan. 6th or other current events under criminal investigation.

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