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Meghan Rutledge

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Meghan Rutledge went to Washington with her dad. FACT: Rutledge, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was 28. She is also known as Meghan Bostic. Her father, Willard Thomas "Tom" Bostic Jr. of Chesapeake, 57, was charged alongside her. (13NewsNow; WAVY; WTKR) FACT: She was charged with four counts: 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, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. No assault. No weapon. No property damage. FACT: The FBI identified her in part from her own public Facebook post, which read: "After miles and miles of walking and climbing and climbing some more we made it inside the capitol building. What an experience for the books." (13NewsNow) She posted it under her own name, on her own page, about a day out with her father. That is not what hiding looks like. FACT: She pleaded guilty on October 27, 2022 to a single misdemeanor — parading, picketing, or demonstrating in a Capitol building. (WTKR; WAVY) FACT: On January 20, 2025, the presidential proclamation on January 6 offenses issued a full pardon covering her conviction. A daughter and her father, walking together, and four years in federal court over a misdemeanor. THE CASE RECORD Case number: 1:21-cr-643 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Docket: Arrested October 13, 2021. Information filed October 25, 2021. Superseding information filed June 6, 2022. Pleaded guilty October 27, 2022. Pardoned January 20, 2025. DOJ page: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/rutledge-meghan This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.