Under the existing plea deal, Gina Bisignano faces 41 to 51 months behind bars.
A Beverly Hills salon owner who was caught on video urging on other rioters breaching the Capitol building during the Jan. 6 insurrection is attempting to back out of part of her plea deal and withdraw a guilty plea to the most serious charge she previously admitted to.
Bisagnano last year agreed to a plea deal requiring she admit to a half-dozen charges related to her actions during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Federal prosecutors have not yet responded to the defense attorney’s request to allow Bisignano to rescind part of the plea deal, and a hearing has not yet been scheduled to discuss the motion.
According to the “statement of offense,” Bisignano joined a group of rioters who made their way up an exterior set of stairs and onto the Lower West Terrace before trying to get through a tunnel and past officers outfitted with riot gear into the actual Capitol building. At one point, Bisignano was hit with a direct shot of chemical irritants sprayed by an officer, leading to video footage showing Bisignano with makeup streaming down her face.
While standing on the windowsill next to the broken window, Bisignano allegedly incited the crowd, yelling through a bullhorn “Everybody, we need gas masks! We need weapons! We need strong angry patriots to help our boys!” and “We the people are not going to take it anymore, you are not going to take away our Trumpy Bear, you are not going to take away our votes.”
If Bisignano is allowed to withdraw her guilty plea to the obstruction charge it isn’t clear if the rest of the plea deal would remain or what potential impact it would have on her prison sentence. Under the existing plea deal, she faced 41 to 51 months behind bars, court records show.Earlier this year,
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