Former High School Classmate Busts Minnesota Man Who Took Selfies Inside Capitol on Jan. 6 …

Jonah Westbury taking a selfie inside the Capitol Building Federal authorities arrested a Minnesota man accused of taking part in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 after he was turned in by a former high school classmate who recognized him from selfie videos he allegedly took while inside the building. Jonah Westbury, 26, was arrested Friday and charged with several crimes. According to the charging documents, Westbury’s anonymous former schoolmate contacted the FBI early on the morning of Jan. 7 after recognizing him in a video posted to social media. “The tipster said it recognized WESTBURY because the tipster had attended high school with him. The tipster said it had observed video proof of WESTBURY inside the U.S. Capitol building during the civil unrest on January 6, 2021,” the documents stated. “According to the tipster, the video was originally posted on TikTok, a social media website. The tipster later observed WESTBURY on a Snapchat video narrating his incursion into the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., which was posted on the Twitter account of a friend of Westbury’s.” In the videos, which the 26-year-old Westbury also apparently posted to his own Snapchat account, Westbury switches between filming himself and…
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