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Jessica Louise Bustle
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageJessica Louise Bustle is a wife and mother from Bristow, Virginia — and her case helped set the template for how hundreds of nonviolent January 6 cases would end. FACT: she and her husband Joshua walked into the Capitol on January 6, 2021, stayed roughly twenty minutes, hurt no one, and damaged nothing. FACT: in June 2021 the Bustles entered one of the very first plea agreements in the entire January 6 docket — national outlets covered it as precedent-setting. FACT: Jessica Bustle pleaded guilty on June 14, 2021 to a single misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. FACT: she was sentenced to 24 months of probation, including two months of home detention, plus $500 restitution. She completed it. FACT: on January 20, 2025, the presidential clemency proclamation granted a full pardon covering January 6 convictions — hers included. Bristow, Virginia is still home, and the record now shows what it always showed underneath: twenty minutes, no violence, case closed. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-cr-238, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Guilty plea June 14, 2021 to one misdemeanor count; 24 months probation with two months home detention, completed; pardoned January 20, 2025. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.
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On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-238
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 3/8/21 and initial appearance held the same afternoon. Charged via criminal informaiton on 3/22/21. Arraigned 4/6/21 where she pleaded not guilty to all counts. Status conference held on 5/17/21. Plea of guilty entered on 6/14/21. Sentenced to 24 months of probation, including two months of home detention; $500 restitution.
- Arrested
- March 8, 2021
Charges
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
Sentence
24 months of probation, including two months of home detention; $500 restitution
Press & news
- https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/capitol-rioters-plea-deal-jessica-joshua-bustle →
- https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/virginia-couple-sentenced-probation-capitol-riot-charge-n1275948 →
- https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/bristow-couple-pleads-guilty-to-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-capitol-riot/article_61dd9490-cdea-11eb-8338-e7264688c635.html →
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/ →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Jessica Louise Bustle appears in the record of United States v. Nichols. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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