Anna Morgan-Lloyd was sentenced for trespassing into a public building, a misdemeanor, and was paroled without jail time
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Saturday, November 2
A woman is the first person sentenced for the assault on the Capitol
WASHINGTON – A woman from the state of Indiana this Wednesday became the first defendant to receive a sentence for the assault on the Capitol on January 6.
Anna Morgan-Lloyd, who previously described that date as “the most exciting day” of her life, was repentant this Wednesday during the hearing before the judge of the United States District Court, Royce Lamberth, according to several local media.
The supporter of former US President Donald Trump, (2017 – 2021) who spent ten minutes inside the Capitol during the insurrection, was sentenced for a misdemeanor offense – trespassing into a public building – and was paroled without jail time.
She is the first accused of the assault on the Capitolin knowing his punishment within the framework of the investigation of the disturbances.
Morgan-Lloyd, from 49 years, you will also have to pay $ 500 dollars fine after pleading guilty to this crime, for entering the Capitol with the crowd that staged the assault on January 6.
During the reading of the sentence, Judge Lamberth criticized Republican lawmakers for downplaying the violence of the events of January 6.
Lamberth said he was “especially concerned” by the accounts of some members of the Congress that on January 6 was “only one day of tourists walking through the Capitol. ”
The magistrate referred to the May statements of a member House Republican Andrew Clyde, who compared the robbery to the Capitol to “a normal tourist visit.”
“I don’t know what planet they were on… This was not a peaceful demonstration. It was not an accident that he turned violent; had the intention of stopping the very functioning of our government, ”Magistrate Lamberth insisted.
However, the judge said that Morgan-Lloyd, the first sentenced, will avoid going to jail because she did not participate in the violence and condemned those who did it.
Last 6 of January hundreds of supporters of former President Donald Trump (2017 – 1230505134) broke into the headquarters of the US Congress, when a joint session of the two houses was held to ratify the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the elections of last November.
In addition to the five killed during the assault, near 140 agents were attacked by pro-Trump protesters, that were armed with axes, bats, hockey sticks and other weapons, according to data from the authorities.
The Department of Justice revealed in early June that close to 790 People have been indicted on charges related to the January robbery, including some 125 for assault on the authority.
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