Rebecca Lavrenz, the 71-year-old great-grandmother charged by the Department of Justice for her peaceful participation in the January 6, 2021, rally in Washington DC, plans to appeal the Thursday verdict that could see her locked up for three years, in a statement sent to The National Pulse.
“I am in utter disbelief by [the] verdict. Never in my life did I imagine that my own government would charge me as a criminal for exercising my religious liberties and rights to free speech, which are guaranteed by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,” Lavrenz said.
