A Texas real estate agent who was involved in the Capitol riot has a career in right-wing media after posting a picture of herself on a right-wing website.
She wrote that she was not going to jail and that she had a great job.
Ryan's braggadocio backfired. She was sentenced to 60 days in prison for being one of the faces of January 6.
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Ryan reported to prison on December 21. She portrayed herself as a victim in an interview with NBC News five days before she entered the Capitol. She claimed that the backlash she has received is similar to the experience of the Jews in Germany.
They are making fun of my skin color. She said she was being called an "insurrection Barbie".
They don't know who I am, what my beliefs are, what I've been through. They see me as a caricature. They do not see me as a human.
That is the epitome of a scapegoat. They did the same thing to the Jews in Germany. Those were the ones to be blamed. I believe that people who are white are being turned into bad people.
Ryan said she was reluctant to say more about the situation.
She asked what was so sad. I will be attacked for saying that, so I am afraid to answer your question.
She said that she feels like she is being discriminated against because of who she is.
The majority of Capitol defendants have kept low profiles after being swept up in the wave of arrests. Ryan has a different path.
She used her newfound fame to grow her followers and gain more of a foothold in the right-wing media that backs former President Donald Trump's claims of election fraud.
The deputy director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University said that it was clear from her postings on social media that she was interested in using the events on January 6 to further her personal and business goals.
She has been hurt by Ryan's push for fame. She was sentenced to 60 days in prison for not being accused of engaging in violence or vandalising.
She has gotten a lot more attention in the media because she wanted it, and I think there are other people who want to push it as well. Does she take a rock star status after 60 days?
Ryan has had a lot of troubles before and after Jan. 6.
She said that she flew by private jet to Washington for the rally after receiving an invitation via Facebook.
She returned to her hotel room after seeing the chaos on television and headed to the Capitol, according to federal prosecutors and her own account.
Ryan recorded herself saying she was going to war and was ready to storm the Capitol, prosecutors noted at her sentencing.
On January 6th, the center of the picture is looking at her phone. The U.S. Attorney's Office.
She spent two minutes inside the building. She took the opportunity to promote her business as the chaos unfolded around her, prosecutors said in their sentencing memo.
Will you believe this? The sentencing memo states that Ryan said on Facebook Live. I am not messing around. This is what I will do when I sell your house. I will sell your house.
She said that she was tired of paying taxes to crooks and that she would not do it again. She has not paid her taxes consistently over the years, and at one point she owed $35,000 in back taxes, according to the memo. She paid her debt in April.
Ryan pleaded guilty to a count of parading in the Capitol.
She was facing up to six months in prison, but prosecutors asked the District of Columbia judge to sentence her to 60 days. The lawyer for Ryan requested that she be given a suspended sentence.
Cooper was in agreement with the government.
He said that you have become one of the faces of January 6.
The judge said that the sentence should tell the people that we take it seriously.
Ryan thinks that part of the reason she wasn't put on a program was because she said she wasn't going to jail in a post on her account. She said she was not suggesting her skin color was the reason she wouldn't go to jail. She said that it wasn't the best way to handle it. I understand that now.
Ryan has started two new things, a podcast and a blog. She asks for donations to cover legal fees on her website. There are only a few posts on her website that promote Covid-19 vaccine misinformation, conspiracy theories and the Capitol riot.
Ryan talked about what she expected her life to be like behind bars before she reported to Federal Prison Camp Bryan.
In a video posted to TikTok in December, she said she was looking forward to being able to work out a lot and do a lot of yoga.
Ryan said that it would be worth going to prison for 60 days if he did that.
She said in a recent interview that she would vote for Trump again and that she sees herself as a patriotic person who has been vilified for entering the Capitol.
Ryan said, "Everyone has done something wrong in their life, and you just say you're sorry and you move along."
She said she didn't feel like a horrible person. I feel like an American who made a mistake but did what I thought was right.
