This gathering was a celebration of freedom for four members of the Westbury family who had just seen the federal Jan. 6 criminal cases against them dismissed with prejudice in Washington, D.C.

Just months before, such a notion seemed at best a faint hope, as the massive U.S. Department of Justice Jan. 6 prosecution machine prepared to devour four more defendants.


“I felt just, I don't know. I felt relief,” said Jonah E. Westbury, 30, who had faced four misdemeanor criminal charges for being at the U.S. Capitol. “Obviously that's a pretty standard answer. I felt joy, honestly, knowing that I could really start my life with my wife.”

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