A federal judge pronounced Wednesday, June 23 the first sentence related to the assault on the Capitol, sparing the prison to an American who made an act of contrition. Ahead of the hearing, Anna Morgan-Lloyd had reached a plea-guilty agreement with prosecutors, admitting to having entered the seat of Congress illegally on January 6, when elected officials certified Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election. “I was there to show my support for President (Donald) Trump, I’m ashamed it has become such a display of violenceShe said Wednesday during a telephone hearing in federal court in Washington.
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Coming from Indiana, this 49-year-old woman had listened to the Republican denounce against all evidence “a stolen election», Before following the crowd of his supporters inside the temple of democracy. She had only been there for ten minutes and had committed no degradation or violence. “It was the happiest day of my life“, She wrote the next day on Facebook. But since her arrest, she has cooperated with the justice system, apologized and started work for “review some of his opinions», Underlined his lawyer.
Taking this change into account, prosecutors suggested placing her on parole for three years, with an obligation to perform community service and pay $ 500 in compensation. Judge Royce Lamberth followed these recommendations, while noting that she had taken part in “a serious crime“. This event “didn’t get violent by accident“, he said.
Since January, the federal police have deployed considerable means to identify the some 800 people involved in the assault on Capitol Hill, which shocked America. So far, 500 have been found and charged for more or less heavy counts. The sentence retained against Anna Morgan-Lloyd makes it possible to imagine that they will receive sentences proportionate to the gravity of their acts.
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