BOSTON (AP) 鈥� A Massachusetts ex-town official seen on surveillance video marching through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 15 days in prison for her role in the of former Republican President Donald Trump to stop the transfer of presidential power to Democrat Joe Biden.
, 60, who organized a bus trip to Washington, D.C., for fellow members of the right-wing group Super Happy Fun America, was also sentenced Friday to 30 days of probation. She to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building.
Federal prosecutors had asked for a 30-day sentence and a year and a half of probation. Her defense sought a year of probation with no prison time, according to court records.
鈥淪uzanne Ianni is devoted to her family, her community, and her country,鈥� the defense wrote in a sentencing memorandum. 鈥淪he was raised to have an abiding respect for law enforcement, and has had no prior contacts with the criminal court system."
鈥淪uzanne Ianni is a strong-willed person," her attorney, C. Henry Fasoldt said in an email Monday. 鈥淪he will serve her short sentence, then move on with her life."
Ianni was an elected Town Meeting member in the Boston suburb of Natick while working with Super Happy Fun America, which gained national attention in 2019 for organizing a 鈥淪traight Pride Parade鈥� in Boston.
On its website, the group describes itself as 鈥渁 right of center civil rights organization focusing on defending the Constitution, opposing gender madness and defeating cultural Marxism.鈥�
Ianni marched to the Capitol, and joined a crowd chanting, 鈥淔ight for Trump!鈥� and 鈥淥ur house!鈥� while rioters near her broke windows, forced open doors and breached police barricades, prosecutors said. Ianni was seen on surveillance video marching through the Capitol after she entered the building through a Senate fire exit.
Nearly 900 people have been charged in connection with the Capitol breach.
The Associated Press
