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Surveillance video captured Jennifer Leigh Ryan entering the Capitol on Jan.6.
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Five people died and hundreds have been arrested in the months since.
Prosecutors also said Ryan’s belief that she would not go to jail showed a failure to grasp the seriousness of her crime. Ryan said she was sorry for her actions, but U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper wasn’t moved.
“Your actions since Jan. 6 make me doubt some of those things,” the judge said. “You were a cheerleader, you cheered it on.”
He also referred to a March 26 tweet in which she wrote, “Definitely not going to jail. 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.”
In a letter to the judge, Ryan denied believing she was immune to punishment, saying she was responding to people who made fun of her appearance and called for her to be imprisoned. She said her attorney told her at the time that prosecutors would be recommending a sentence of probation.
“I was attacked and I was answering them,” Ryan said in court.
Fox News has reached out to Ryan.
Before arriving at the Capitol, Ryan posted a now-deleted 21-minute Facebook Live video where she filmed herself and a group walking toward the building during the unrest. Her attorney said she was only inside for a few minutes.
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Jennifer Leigh Ryan at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.
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“We are going to [expletive] go in here,” she says in the video as she approaches the top of the stairs near the west side of the building. “Life or death, it doesn’t matter. Here we go.”
Just before walking inside, she said: “Y’all know who to hire for your Realtor. Jenna Ryan for your Realtor,” according to the complaint.
Surveillance photos showed her entering the Capitol building, and she tweeted images of her standing next to broken windows.
Jennifer "Jenna" Ryan, 50, is charged with entering the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Ryan, a Texas real estate broker, went viral after taking a private jet to Washington, D.C., to attend President Trump’s "Stop the Steal" rally.
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“We just stormed the Capital. It was one of the best days of my life,” she tweeted.
She is expected to report to prison in January.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
