Jennifer Leigh Ryan, a Texas Real estate broker-turned MAGA rioter who boasted that was sentenced Thursday to 60 days in prison for her role in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
As noted by The Daily Beast, the 51-year-old flew to the Capitol with a group of people from Denton, Texas, in a private plane and documented her involvement heavily on social media.
She also boasted that she would not receive jail time for her actions. “Definitely not going to jail,” she tweeted in March. “Sorry I have blonde hair white skin a great job a great future and I’m not going to jail. Sorry to rain on your hater parade. I did nothing wrong.”
Ryan ended up pleading guilty to one count of “parading, demonstrating, or picketing in the Capitol building.”
During the sentencing hearing on Thursday, judge Christopher Cooper emphasized that Ryan was prosecuted for her actions inside the Capitol, not her political beliefs.
“Your case has generated a fair amount of public interest,” Cooper said. “And as a result, people will be interested to know what sentence you get. That sentence will tell them something about how the courts and how our country responded. And I think that the sentence should tell them that we take it seriously … and that it should never happen again.”
During the storming of the Capitol, Ryan posted several Facebook live videos, including one saying: “Life or death, it doesn’t matter. Here we go.”
She also tweeted, “We just stormed the Capital. It was one of the best days of my life.”
Ryan later claimed she went to Washington to do what former President Donald J. Trump asked of his supporters.
On top of her jail sentence, Ryan will be required to pay $1,500 in fines.
Read it at The Daily Beast.
