NEW: A New Jersey woman who declared "Civil War is coming" just days after January 6 was sentenced to 2 months of home confinement Tuesday, avoiding the month-long prison term prosecutors had requested for her role in the Capitol attack. by @cryanbarber businessinsider.com/capitol-rioter…
Judge Carl Nichols handed down the sentence during a virtual hearing where the woman, Rasha Abual-Ragheb, pleaded for leniency and said her conduct was motivated by a legitimate belief that her vote was not counted in the 2020 presidential election.
Nichols, a 2019 appointee to the federal trial court in Washington, DC, said he was confident in Abual-Ragheb's remorse for her conduct on January 6 but troubled by her social media posts, in which she "predicted if not hoped for civil war and violence."
The judge said the January 6 attack was not an "ordinary violent riot" but one that interrupted a tradition of peaceful handing off of power dating back to former President George Washington.
"Being part of a violent riot is unacceptable at all times, especially it's such a sensitive time for our nation," Nichols, a Trump appointee, said.
Abual-Ragheb pleaded guilty in August to a single misdemeanor charge — parading, demonstrating or picketing in the Capitol — carrying a max sentence of 6 months in prison. In addition to her 2 months of home confinement, her sentence included 3 years of probation and a $500 fine.
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