A US federal judge sentenced a Capitol rioter who brought her teenage son along on January 6, 2021, to three months behind bars for illegally parading in the building.
A federal judge sentenced a US Capitol rioter who brought her teenage son along on January 6, 2021, to three months behind bars for illegally parading in the building.
The 90-day sentence is one of the longer jail sentences January 6 defendants have received for this non-violent misdemeanor. Before handing down the sentence, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly rebuked Virginia Spencer for bringing her child and questioned whether she had accepted responsibility for her role in the insurrection. "This isn't like a school or a tourist trip," Kollar-Kotelly said.
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