Capitol rioter didn't think the feds would come after her or her Oath Keeper crew

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Whoopsie!

2 Champaign County residents held on federal charges tied to Capitol riot

By Jen Balduf
Thomas Gnau
Kristen Spicker

A man and woman held on preliminary unspecified federal charges in the Montgomery County Jail are connected to a riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month, federal investigators allege.

Jessica Watkins, 38, and Donovan Crowl, 50, both of Champaign County, were booked into the Montgomery County Jail just before 2 a.m. Monday, according to jail records. The U.S. Department of Justice is listed as the arresting agency.

Crowl and Watkins each face three charges for a restricted building or grounds violation, violent entry or disorderly conduct and obstruction of an official proceeding, according to a criminal complaint filed Saturday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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Watkins was identified in a video when FBI investigators compared other video footage and photos of Watkins, the court documents say, including one from the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Watkins posted one photo of herself on Parler with the statement: “Me before forcing entry into the Capitol Building.” Watkins also reportedly posted a video to Parler and wrote, ”Yeah. We stormed the Capitol today. Teargassed the whole, 9. Pushed our way into the Rotunda. Made it into the Senate even. The news is lying (even Fox) about the Historical Events we created today,” according to the court documents.

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Court document here.

[UpInArms]

1. Not very bright

Or ... not the sharpest knife in the drawer

[TheRealNorth]

2. They thought they would succeed....

Thats why they took selfies or made little effort to conceal their identites.

But they failed, and we all know Trump doesn't associate himself with losers.

[empedocles]

3. Seems like an awful lot of trumpers, at all different levels, seem to have, and

maybe still think, their illegal activities will be prosecuted. Local officials, runts, trump kids, all levels; look vulnerable to me.

[lame54]

4. Where is Elizabeth from Knoxville?

[TlalocW]

5. I've been saying that this is the radicalization from

Generations of right-wing pastors claiming God is on their side 100% no matter what. When that happens, the other side must necessarily be of the Devil, and when you have "men and women of God" spreading Qanon conspiracy theories and insisting Trump is God's chosen, you get January 6th. So it's not a surprise if she's surprised. God was supposed to be protecting them, but now they get to switch to, "Oh, look at me... I'm a persecuted Christian," mode.

TlalocW

[CousinIT]

6. Like Trump, they believe laws do not and should not apply to THEM. n/t