
Veteran Says FBI Brought War Tactics to Family Home Over Jan. 6
Published on January 3, 2024
LINDSTRÖM, Minn.—The knock at the door came before sunrise, but the men outside didn’t wait for an answer. Robert Westbury, 64, had barely made it halfway down the stairs from his bedroom when he heard and felt the shockwave. BOOM. A battering ram wielded by an FBI SWAT team blew the hinges off the front door on this cool April morning in 2021. Tactical officers poured into the tri-level home, aiming their laser-guided M4 rifles at anyone in their path. On the home’s lower level, Aaron James sat up in bed and scarcely had time to throw on some clothes before his bedroom door flew open....
