5 members of a Texas household had been sentenced on Wednesday for storming the U.S. Capitol collectively on Jan. 6, 2021.
The mother and father, Daybreak and Thomas Munn, of Borger, Texas, introduced their 4 kids with them to the revolt, three of whom had been adults.
On Wednesday, the grownup members of the Munn household pleaded responsible to parading and demonstrating or picketing inside a Capitol constructing. In keeping with court docket paperwork, they climbed into the Capitol by means of a damaged window.
The mother and father had been sentenced to 14 days imprisonment, 3 years probation and 90 days of house confinement. The eldest daughter, Kristi Munn, obtained 3 years of probation with house detention. The opposite grownup kids, Josh Munn and Kayli Munn, had been sentenced to three years probation with out house detention. The minor was not charged.
On the sentencing listening to, Daybreak Munn stated she was in Washington, D.C., to hunt solutions concerning the 2020 election, and continued to parrot considerations about election safety within the U.S.
“I used to be searching for any individual to point out me proof that our election was going to be safe,” she stated, per CNN. “If we don’t have a safe election, we don’t have a rustic. It is a nation by the voice of the folks.”
Thomas Munn stated he had by no means been political earlier than.
“I simply saved watching what was occurring on the information, and I felt we must always converse out,” he stated.
Requested what information packages he watched, he stated: “Fox Information.”
The household was dropped at the FBI’s consideration three days after the riot. The tipster stated Kristi Munn had made quite a few social media posts about coming into the Capitol on Jan. 6, in accordance court docket paperwork. The household additionally appeared in surveillance footage contained in the constructing.
The Munns had been arrested in July 2021 and every was charged with 4 federal crimes.
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