Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted police says she was 'duped' by Trump's election lies
Dana Jean Bell who was sentenced to prison for assaulting law enforcement on Jan. 6 now says she was "duped" by Donald Trump's 2020 election lies.
WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump supporter who stormed the Capitol and assaulted law enforcement officers now says she was "duped" by the former president's lies about the 2020 election.
Dana Jean Bell was sentenced to 17 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly on Thursday. Federal prosecutors had sought 27 months in federal prison, saying Bell "belligerently pushed, grabbed, and verbally attacked countless U.S. Capitol Police ('USCP') and Metropolitan Police Department ('MPD') officers who were attempting to clear rioters from inside the United States Capitol Building."
Bell pleaded guilty in July to one count of assaulting officers. Her behavior included giving "officers the middle finger while scowling at them and repeatedly yelling 'F--- YOU' towards them," prosecutors said.
One of the officers who Bell, a 62-year-old Trump supporter, encountered was the late Jeffrey Smith.
“Get a real job, get a real job!” Bell yelled at Smith, in video captured on his body camera. “We don’t support y’all anymore. Now NO ONE supports you! Nobody!”
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