Trump supporter who flew on private jet to Jan. 6 riot and threw media equipment outside the Capitol pleads guilty
A Texas woman who took a private plane to D.C. ahead of the Jan. 6 riot pleaded guilty to engaging in disruptive or disorderly conduct in a restricted building.
WASHINGTON — A woman who flew on a private plane to the nation's capital ahead of the Jan. 6 riot pleaded guilty Thursday to engaging in disruptive or disorderly conduct in a restricted building.
Katherine Schwab of Texas, who said she accepted an offer to fly on the personal aircraft of a Facebook friend, admitted writing in messages before the Capitol attack that "s--t will go down" and that she needed to "stop the steal."
Schwab, who traveled to Washington with co-defendants Jenna Ryan and Jason Lee Hyland, admitted she was the first of the trio to enter the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Harvard study finds majority of Jan. 6 rioters motivated by TrumpJuly 21, 202205:35Hyland was sentenced to a week behind bars this month; Ryan — who had declared she was "not going to jail" — was sentenced in November to 60 days in prison.
Schwab admitted to kicking and throwing media equipment with other members of the mob outside the Capitol.
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