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Jonah Elijah Westbury

January 6 defendant

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Jonah Elijah Westbury is a Minnesota man whose January 6 case was covered by the full presidential pardon on January 20, 2025. He is a young Minnesotan whose name was published in the Star Tribune and KARE 11 coverage as one of the Minnesota men charged in the January 6 investigations. Case record: Jonah Elijah Westbury was arrested April 9, 2021, and had his initial appearance April 14, 2021. A criminal information was filed May 21, 2021. He was arraigned June 4, 2021 and pleaded not guilty to all counts in case 1:21-cr-371, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The DOJ record identifies the charges as: Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building and Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building and Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Capitol Building and Grounds; and Parading, Demonstrating or Picketing in a Capitol Building, all misdemeanor petty-offense range charges typical for defendants alleged only to have entered the building. FACT: Jonah Westbury entered a plea of not guilty to all counts at arraignment. CHARGE ONLY / DOCUMENTED INFERENCE: Federal prosecutors alleged Westbury took photographs inside the Capitol and shared them with acquaintances. That is the government's characterization; charges at the accusation stage are not findings of guilt, and the presumption of innocence attaches to every count. On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump granted a full pardon covering the January 6 prosecutions. Jonah Elijah Westbury of Minnesota was among those covered by that clemency. Case: 1:21-cr-371, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Minnesota Star Tribune, KARE 11, Chisago County Press, and Law and Crime coverage of Jonah Westbury are linked in this archive. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.