A federal judge sentencing a Missouri man on a petty misdemeanor charge for his actions at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 told him that he and his two companions were guilty of insurrection. Before he pronounced sentence on Paul S. Westover, 53, of Lake St. Louis, U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg said, “What you and others did on Jan. 6 was nothing short of insurrection in an attempt to topple the government that had been lawfully and legally elected, and maintain in power those who had lost the election.” Westover was part of a trio of Missourians photographed holding a piece of a wooden sign from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California). He was given 45 days in jail and ordered to pay $500 in restitution in a plea deal for one count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building, a petty misdemeanor. Prosecutors …