Rioter who claimed she wasn't going to jail gets prison term

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Texas existent property cause who claimed she was “definitely not going to jail” for participating successful the U.S. Capital riot due to the fact that she’s white, has blonde hairsbreadth and a bully occupation received a situation condemnation Thursday.

Judge Christopher Cooper sentenced Jennifer Leigh Ryan to 60 days down bars for her actions successful Washington, D.C. connected Jan. 6. She was besides ordered to wage a $1,000 fine.

The justice said that the pistillate from Frisco, Texas, “celebrated” the riot and that she showed a deficiency of remorse for her involvement.

CNN reports Ryan rolled her eyes portion the justice delivered the condemnation and interrupted him astatine 1 constituent to contradict his statement.

The sentencing is the harshest punishment truthful acold for a rioter who entered a blameworthy plea to a misdemeanor offense. Ryan pleaded blameworthy successful August to illegally demonstrating wrong the U.S. Capitol.

Other rioters who were sentenced for the aforesaid misdemeanor condemnation person received lone probation oregon location confinement, but The Associated Press reports that prosecutors sought incarceration for Ryan due to the fact that they believed she showed a deficiency of candor and remorse.

Months aft the Jan. 6 riot, Ryan took to societal media to support herself and claimed she wasn’t going to jail.

“Sorry I person blonde hairsbreadth achromatic tegument a large occupation a large aboriginal and I'm not going to jail. Sorry to rainfall connected your hater parade. I did thing wrong,” she tweeted connected March 26.

After her sentencing hearing, Ryan told reporters she thinks her concern is simply a “travesty.”

“I deliberation everyone should beryllium capable to tweet without being persecuted and treated similar crap. Watch what you tweet due to the fact that if you tweet, you tin spell to jail,” said Ryan. “I regret ever tweeting but It’s a escaped state and I tin accidental – escaped speech.”

Ryan is the 10^th idiosyncratic charged successful the riot to get a jailhouse oregon situation sentence, the AP reports.