“Infamy is just as good as fame. Either way I end up more known. XOXO”
Sentencing underway for Jan. 6 defendant Gracyn Courtright, who is present in the courtroom with her family. They took COVID tests two days ago, and took rapid tests today. (The family wasn’t vaccinated.)
Sentencing underway for Jan. 6 defendant Gracyn Courtright, who is present in the courtroom with her family. They took COVID tests two days ago, and took rapid tests today. (The family wasn’t vaccinated.)
Gracyn Courtright’s attorney told the court she didn’t vote in 2020. Defense team wants 30 days incarceration. DOJ wants six months. Entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds has a one-year maximum. huffpost.com/entry/gracyn-c…
Prosecutor said it was “extremely likely” they would have gone for the felony had they discovered footage of Courtright on the floor of the Senate before her misdemeanor guilty plea.
DOJ estimates 50-60 people made it onto the floor of the Senate in a crowd of thousands.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Rachel Fletcher said Courtright’s false portrayal of the events of Jan. 6 caused real and lasting harm.
Talks about the difficulty of making charging and sentencing decisions as evidence evolves.
"It’s impossible to make this a science, it’s an art."
Talks about the difficulty of making charging and sentencing decisions as evidence evolves.
"It’s impossible to make this a science, it’s an art."
Prosecutor Fletcher notes someone wearing “a large panda head” was ahead of Courtright, with may have obscured her views.
That’d be #SeditionPanda.
That’d be #SeditionPanda.
Courtright’s lawyer said the comments cited by prosecutors came when people "were blowing up her Instagram,” and that Courtright’s parents were very mad at her. She hasn’t been posting about Jan. 6 since, he says.
“Foolish young lady, foolish young lady,” her lawyer says.
“Foolish young lady, foolish young lady,” her lawyer says.
Courtright’s lawyer: She deserves the consequences that she’s faced because of this, but she’s going to have to live with those for the rest of their lives.
“Her whole future is effected by this.”
“Her whole future is effected by this.”
Courtright’s lawyer: I get it, it’s a bad look. But is it a bad look that deserves six months?
Courtright’s lawyer: “She has been punished already, just by virtue of the fallout.”
Doesn’t need six months behind bars, attorney says.
Doesn’t need six months behind bars, attorney says.
Courtright’s lawyer said mental health treatment “is not gonna hurt” because this has been quite an experience for her.
Courtright steps up to read a statement, but she was already in tears and couldn’t even start to read it.
There was a sound and some gasps in the courtroom. The judge summoned a nurse. Her lawyer says she’s okay. Now there’s a five minute recess. Unlikely she’ll be reading it.
There was a sound and some gasps in the courtroom. The judge summoned a nurse. Her lawyer says she’s okay. Now there’s a five minute recess. Unlikely she’ll be reading it.
What it sounded like — and I can’t say for sure, because there are no visuals — is that Courtright collapsed. The lawyer talked about getting her back into a chair, and the judge called for a nurse.
The nurse checked Courtright and she’s okay. She’s reading her statement sitting down.
“I have so much shame from this,” she says. “I will never be the same girl again, this has changed me completely.”
“I have so much shame from this,” she says. “I will never be the same girl again, this has changed me completely.”
Courtright says she’s ashamed to introduce herself to other people.
Courtright: I have already hurt myself and my future more than I ever thought possible.
Courtright: I have already hurt myself and my future more than I ever thought possible.
Courtright: I just followed the crowd… I walked into [the Senate chamber] not knowing what it was… I went home and Googled it.
Judge asks Courtright if she knows how many people died, and how many officers died by suicide after Jan. 6.
Judge: "Was it cool to have been there?”
Courtright: "No."
Judge: "Was it cool to have been there?”
Courtright: "No."
Judge notes that Courtright didn’t even vote in the election.
"Casting an informed vote is the price of admission, that’s the ticket to ride,” he said. “It’s not sports, it’s certainly not resorting to violence when your team doesn’t win the game."
"Casting an informed vote is the price of admission, that’s the ticket to ride,” he said. “It’s not sports, it’s certainly not resorting to violence when your team doesn’t win the game."
Story: huffpost.com/entry/capitol-…
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