CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia guardsmen who wore a hoodie that learn “Sure, I’m a Trump woman” contained in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in the course of the Jan. 6 riot has pleaded responsible to a misdemeanor.
Jamie Lynn Ferguson, a technical sergeant assigned to the West Virginia Air Nationwide Guard. entered the plea to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol constructing throughout a Wednesday convention name with a U.S. Justice of the Peace decide in Washington, D.C. The cost carries a most penalty of six months in jail and a $5,000 superb.
Prosecutors requested that three different costs be dismissed. Ferguson, 44, additionally agreed to pay $500 restitution for harm precipitated to the Capitol. Sentencing was set for Nov. 18.
On Jan. 3, 2021, Ferguson shared an article on her Fb account containing an image of a crowd in entrance of the Capitol with a storm cloud and Mount Rushmore above it. A caption within the publish learn, “I pray that is precisely what D.C. will appear to be on Jan. sixth. #HoldTheLine.” A touch upon the publish requested whether or not Ferguson was going to the Capitol and she or he replied, “I’m,” in response to courtroom paperwork.
In an interview with FBI particular brokers every week after the riot, Ferguson admitted attending former President Donald Trump’s “Cease the Steal” rally in entrance of the White Home earlier than heading to the Capitol. Ferguson was carrying a darkish hoodie with the phrase “Sure, I’m a Trump Lady” in white lettering when she entered the constructing. She spent practically an hour inside, principally strolling across the Rotunda, the paperwork confirmed.
A report submitted to the FBI by the U.S. Air Pressure Workplace of Particular Investigations stated Ferguson was on go away from the Air Guard from Jan. 5 to Jan. 7. Ferguson stated she attended the rally together with her mother and father, who left afterward. Ferguson stated she proceeded to the Capitol as a result of she believed she would have the ability to see Trump once more.
Ferguson was arrested in Could in Lynchburg, Virginia.
“As a matter of coverage, the one hundred and thirtieth Airlift Wing and the West Virginia Nationwide Guard don’t touch upon civilian felony issues,” the Guard stated in an announcement Wednesday.
Beneath the situations of her launch, Ferguson was ordered to remain on the Virginia dwelling of her mother and father.
Greater than 830 folks have been charged with federal crimes associated to the Capitol riot. Greater than 320 of them have pleaded responsible, principally to misdemeanor costs, and over 200 have been sentenced.
