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Weston Sobotka

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Weston Sobotka is a Virginia man who took a single misdemeanor count, served intermittent weekends, and went home. One count. Fifteen days. That is the whole federal case. FACT: Weston Sobotka is from Virginia (Sedition Tracker case file; Insurrection Index). FACT: He was charged with one count, parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, 40 U.S.C. 5104(e)(2)(G). A petty misdemeanor. No felony. No assault count (Sedition Tracker). FACT: He was arrested August 17, 2022 and pleaded guilty January 9, 2023 before Judge Carl J. Nichols (Sedition Tracker). FACT: On April 18, 2023 he was sentenced to 15 days intermittent confinement, three years probation, and $500 restitution (Sedition Tracker). THE LEGAL FIGHT Sobotka was not charged until August 2022, more than a year and a half after January 6, 2021. He faced one petty offense, the lowest charge the government brought in these cases. He pleaded, he served intermittent confinement, and he carried probation. FACT: On January 20, 2025 the President issued a proclamation granting clemency in cases relating to the events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE: a misdemeanor parading count is not a violence finding and was never charged as one. Do not read more into this record than the record says. THE CASE RECORD Case number 1:22-cr-388. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge Carl J. Nichols. Arrested August 17, 2022. Pleaded guilty January 9, 2023. Sentenced April 18, 2023. Do not threaten anyone. Do not harass anyone. Do not contact anyone in my name. Read it. Share it. Send receipts, evidence, witnesses. Put eyes on the record. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.