Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 39
- Location
- Rochester, Minnesota
- Charges
- Civil Disorder and Aiding and Abetting; 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 or Grounds
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
“Come get me, You don’t know the story, it’s not what you think,” Victoria White allegedly wrote on a Facebook page a few days after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. The Rochester, Minn., woman was actually arrested by police that day. According to court documents, she was apprehended inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, put in zip-tie handcuffs and driven to a police station for processing. She was reportedly released later that evening without any charge. Afterward, White allegedly continued to post comments and links about the riot on her Facebook page. Among the posts: an interview of a woman who identifies herself as “Victoria” and says she was part of the mob pushing to get into the Capitol. “There’s police there and they’re spraying mace,” the woman in the interview allegedly says. “I’m getting beat in the head with a metal baton by the police, and I’m getting massively sprayed with pepper spray by the police … and the next thing I know I’m in the State [sic] Capitol.” Court documents point to that interview, surveillance photos and videos of White as proof that she was in the Capitol that day and forced her way into a lower terrace tunnel.
Case History
White pleaded Guilty to one charge: Civil Disorder and Aiding and Abetting. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 11/20/2023 to 8 days of incarceration to be served on the weekends; 90 days of location monitoring; 24 months probation; $100 special assessment; $2,000 restitution. White received a full pardon on January 20, 2025
Sources
- Primary Documentation
NPR Jan. 6 Defendant DatabaseNPR - Primary Documentation
Underlying court recordCourt record linked by NPR
Case summary, charges, procedural updates and image are drawn from the NPR Jan. 6 archive snapshot dated 2026-09-25 unless otherwise indicated.