Indiana Granny Gets Just Desserts For Capitol Riot Role

 

     Anna Morgan-Lloyd was sentenced to three years of probation with 120 hours of community service and a $500 fine after pleading guilty for her role in the Capitol insurrection. It may not seem like a good sentence, but it was a significant day for several reasons.

     Morgan-Lloyd is the first person to be sentenced for their role on January 6th, 2021. Her sentence seems appropriate. Unlike most of the other participants, she did not have a criminal history, did not have ties to groups like Proud Boys or Oath Keepers, did not bring weapons or paramilitary gear, only spent about ten minutes inside the Capitol with a friend, did not assault law enforcement, and decided not to proclaim her innocence and take her case to trial, instead emotionally apologizing and expressing her regret for the crime she was convicted of. 

     The Indiana grandmother could have faced six months in jail. However, the Department of Justice asked for the sentence (the judge, a Reagan appointee, gave her three times as much community service as was requested) and got it. Judge Royce C. Lamberth also blamed Republicans in Congress for embracing conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 election and warned that the others working their way through the system, almost all facing felony charges, would not be sentenced this lightly.

     Anna Morgan-Lloyd is an ignorant, middle-aged woman with no life experience and no prospects for her future. She initially called January 6th the "best day of her life" on social media, but it was more the effective end of it. In spite of her light sentence, the DOJ got everything they wanted and more while also proving that Democrats in Congress have the moral high ground on this issue. I'd call that a good day.