Oath Keeper and Army veteran Jessica Watkins is sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for role in 2020 election conspiracy plot and US Capitol riot
Judge Amit Mehta said Watkins’ efforts at the Capitol were “aggressive” and said she did not have immediate remorse, even though she has since apologized. “Your role that day was more aggressive, more assaultive, more purposeful than perhaps others’. And you led others to fulfill your purposes,” Mehta said. “And there was not in the immediate aftermath any sense of shame or contrition, just the opposite.
“But your role in those events is more than that of just a foot soldier. I think you can appreciate that.” ‘I was in denial’ Watkins, who is transgender, gave emotional testimony during the trial about struggling with her identity in the Army while the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was still in effect, and about being dragged into the underbelly of conspiracy theories around the 2020 presidential election.
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