“I didn’t know we were storming the Capitol,” she recalled thinking. In an interview with The Beverly Hills Courier following the riot, she said that she was initially unaware of plans to breach the Capitol. Therefore, I feel it’s best to do all of my talking in court.”įor obvious reasons, Bisignano received almost immediate and arguably disproportionate attention following the Capitol breach. In response to a request for comment, Bisignano’s lawyer Charles Peruto tells Rolling Stone, “Any comment I give would just add to the over exposure this defendant has received. Attorney’s Office declined to comment, citing the ongoing matter. They also, at least as of the one-year mark, enjoyed a far higher rate of pretrial release - 70 percent - than other federal defendants, only 32 percent of whom were granted pretrial release. 6 defendants were receiving significantly lighter sentences than what prosecutors have asked for. Data examined by Slate on the first anniversary of the insurrection found that Jan. “That doesn’t mean that the result is always in their favor or that they don’t get punished, but just that their claims are certainly heard more, and their position certainly seems to be understood a little bit more.”Įarly indications suggest that insurrectionists are, in fact, getting off easy. “As a general trend, the January 6 people, especially given the violent nature of their protest, got off quite lightly in terms of the charges they face the average sentence they face when they plead guilty and/or are found guilty,” says Wadie Said, a former federal public defender who studies national security prosecutions at the University of South Carolina School of Law. And indeed, many experts believe the insurrectionists have been given far softer treatment than one might expect for attempting to storm the Capitol to block the certification of a presidential election. 6 defendants a far more judicious process than standard federal criminal defendants. 6 participants has become core to the prevailing conservative counter-narrative around the violent riot, an account that characterizes the participants as “ political prisoners.” But contrary to the claims of heavy-handed political persecution, cases like Bisignano show how, in some instances, the legal system has afforded Jan. The supposed unjust treatment and persecution of Jan. She has already pleaded guilty to six counts, including felony civil disorder, and awaits sentencing after her felony trial concludes. Instead, she’s on a particularly lenient version of house arrest as she awaits trial after withdrawing her guilty plea for felony obstruction of an official proceeding. 6 actions and her pre-trial agreement violations, Bisignano is not in jail. 6 participants.Īll of these were violations of the terms of her pre-trial release, and all of them - again - were caught on camera. 6 felon, and admitted to hanging out with other Jan. There, she shared details of her testimony in an ongoing trial, spoke with a convicted Jan. to testify against a former associate, Bisignano took a detour to a vigil held near the jail where several dozen alleged insurrectionists were awaiting their trials. involved a deal she struck with prosecutors in which she pleaded guilty to four misdemeanors and two felonies and agreed to cooperate with investigators and the Department of Justice in return for special considerations at sentencing. Two years and multiple criminal charges later, Bisignano returned to Washington on March 1 of this year - and promptly ran afoul of the law again. We need protection,” she yelled, her mascara running from tear gas. We need strong, angry patriots to help our boys, they don’t want to leave. You are not going to take away our Trumpy Bear!” the Beverly Hills cosmetologist bellowed through a bullhorn on Jan. “We the people are not going to take it anymore. Capitol Building’s West Terrace, adorned in a Louis Vuitton sweater and Chanel boots. The first time Gina Bisignano ran afoul of the law in Washington, D.C., she was recorded standing on a ledge in front of a broken window on the U.S.
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