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Joshua Kahle Bustle
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Joshua Kahle Bustle is a realtor and husband from Bristow, Virginia — half of a Virginia couple whose January 6 case became one of the first in the country to be resolved. FACT: Joshua Bustle and his wife walked into the Capitol on January 6, 2021, stayed roughly 20 minutes, and left. Prosecutors themselves acknowledged the couple engaged in no violence and damaged no property. FACT: On June 14, 2021, Joshua Kahle Bustle pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor — parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building — making the Bustles among the very first January 6 defendants nationwide to plead to misdemeanors only. He was sentenced to 24 months of probation, 30 days of home confinement, 40 hours of community service, and $500 restitution. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump's clemency proclamation pardoned January 6 defendants, closing cases like Joshua Bustle's for good. CASE RECORD — Case No. 1:21-cr-238, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested 3/8/2021; charged via criminal information 3/22/2021; pleaded guilty 6/14/2021. Sources linked on this profile. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.
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- 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. Defendant sentenced to 24 months probation, including one month of home detention, 40 hours of community service, restitution of $500.
- 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 probation, including one month of home detention, 40 hours of community service, restitution of $500
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
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