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Janet West Buhler

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Janet West Buhler is a piano teacher and a grandmother from Kaysville, Utah. That is the first thing that should be said about her, because it is the truest thing about her. She spent her life teaching Utah kids to read music. Scales. Recitals. The patient, unglamorous work of putting a child in front of a keyboard week after week until something clicks. FACT, per Law and Crime, KSL, ABC4 Utah, Fox 13 Salt Lake City and the Salt Lake Tribune, all of whom identified Janet West Buhler as a Utah piano teacher. FACT: Janet West Buhler was arrested July 30, 2021. She pleaded guilty to a single count on January 13, 2022. FACT: On June 1, 2022 she was sentenced to 30 days in jail, 36 months of probation, and $500 in restitution. Thirty days. A grandmother from Davis County, Utah, in a federal jail cell for thirty days. DOCUMENTED INFERENCE: Utah reporting placed Janet Buhler inside a family group that traveled to Washington together. Law and Crime noted she was sentenced more harshly than a former law enforcement officer in the same family group. Same Capitol, same day, different outcomes. That comparison is on the public record and it is worth reading. FACT: Utah Jazz legend John Stockton wrote a letter of support for Janet Buhler to the court. KSL reported it under the headline "Utah Jazz legend John Stockton writes letter of support for Jan. 6 Capitol rioter." A Hall of Fame basketball player from her own state put his name on paper for a Kaysville piano teacher and asked a federal judge to see the whole woman. Source: https://www.ksl.com/article/50408039 WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE: Nothing in this record says Janet West Buhler carried a weapon, struck anyone, or planned anything. She pleaded to one count. The government asked for what it asked for and the judge gave what the judge gave. WHAT IT DOES PROVE: A Kaysville, Utah piano teacher is in the federal criminal record of January 6. Her name belongs in the archive and so does her sentence, in full, unshortened and unspun. THE CASE RECORD Name: Janet West Buhler Case number: 1:21-cr-510 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested: July 30, 2021 Pleaded guilty: January 13, 2022 Sentenced: June 1, 2022 This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.