Colorado woman dubbed Jan. 6 ‘praying grandma’ convicted of Capitol riot misdemeanors, Trump weighs in

A Colorado woman recognized on social media because the “J6 Praying Grandma” was convicted of 4 federal misdemeanor counts final week in connection to the Jan. 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol and will withstand a 12 months in jail. 

Rebecca Lavrenz, a 71-year-old great-grandmother who reportedly operates a mattress and breakfast outdoors of Colorado Springs, was convicted by a 12-member jury in Washington, D.C., on Thursday of coming into and remaining in a restricted constructing, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted constructing or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol constructing, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol, The Gazette reported. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 12, and Lavrenz reportedly might withstand a 12 months in jail and fines of greater than $200,000, excluding authorized charges. 

The woman informed the Gazette that although she was “surprised” in regards to the verdict, “I believe God wanted it to turn out this way so my voice could be amplified. We have to wake up our country.”

“The whole reason I went to the Capitol was to pray,” Lavrenz informed the newspaper. “I didn’t get into this for myself, I was there to stand up for my country. God led me to go there and into the building to stand up for my First Amendment rights to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

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Rebecca Lavrenz offered a photograph to FBI brokers and recognized herself because the woman seen in ABC News dwell protection of the Capitol riot, the DOJ stated.  (DOJ)

Former President Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, wrote on TRUTH Social in the wake of the conviction that Lavrenz “has been unfairly targeted by Crooked Joe Biden’s DOJ, and now faces up to 1 YEAR in prison for peacefully walking around the Capitol, and praying for our Failing Nation on January 6th!” 

Sharing a hyperlink to the place individuals can donate to assist Lavrenz’s authorized bills, Trump stated the grandmother and “small business owner” is now “one of Joe Biden’s J6 HOSTAGES!!!” 

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Rebecca Lavrenz seen talking with a U.S. Capitol Police Officer.  (Justice Department)

“Crooked Joe Biden spends more time prosecuting Patriots like Rebecca, AND ME, than Violent Criminals, Thugs, Murderers, and ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS who are destroying our Country. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE UP AGAINST. MAGA2024!” Trump concluded on TRUTH Social on Friday.  

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and Justice Department for touch upon Trump’s posted remarks, however they didn’t instantly reply.

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Rebecca Lavrenz seen contained in the Capitol Rotunda.  (Justice Department)

The Justice Department accused Lavrenz of spending simply 10 minutes contained in the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Court paperwork say the FBI carried out a “consensual interview” with Lavrenz at her residence on April 6, 2021, when she allegedly admitted to brokers that she had been in Washington, D.C., to take part in the “Stop the Steal” rally on the mall and adopted the group to the U.S. Capitol constructing. 

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Lavrenz noticed individuals stepping into “physical confrontations” with police as the group grew, however “when a man finally succeeded in pushing past a barrier and entering the U.S. Capitol, Lavrenz observed that none of the police officers chased him,” in line with an arrest affidavit, as reported by The Gazette. She adopted the group streaming previous the limitations and into the Capitol’s important door on the east aspect. As she acknowledged, and as video footage helps, she spent about 10 minutes inside, roaming from the East heart entrance to the Rotunda and again, talking briefly with a U.S. Capitol Police officer, and exiting by way of the identical door she entered.