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A Texas realtor who said she wouldnt go to jail for her role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot because she has blonde hair and white skin soon will be behind bars.

Jennifer Jenna Ryan was sentenced Thursday to 60 days in jail and ordered to pay $500 in restitution and a $1,000 fine after pleading guilty to charges of demonstrating in a Capitol building.

Ryan was charged in the U.S. District Court in Washington but entered into a plea agreement with the Justice Department in July. She faced a maximum sentence of six months in jail and a $5,000 fine.

She was among the supporters of President Donald Trump who staged a riot at the Capitol building on Jan. 6 to try to overturn the outcome of the presidential election. Lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence had to temporarily stop counting electoral votes as violence erupted.

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Prosecutors said Ryan traveled with two other people on a private plane from Denton, Texas, to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, posting along the way on social media about the trip. In one Facebook video on Jan. 6, Ryan said were gonna go down and storm the capitol before posting a 21-minute Facebook live video walking toward the U.S. Capitol and several photos on the Capitol grounds.

In one photo posted on Twitter, Ryan wears an American flag scarf and Trump stocking cap in front of a broken Capitol building window while holding up a peace sign. Window at The capital. And if the news doesnt stop lying about us were going to come after their studios next, the caption read.

In a deleted Facebook live video that was uploaded to YouTube, prosecutors said Ryan can be seen in a large crowd trying to breach the Capitol entrance and can be heard saying the group would be going inside. She also promoted her real estate business on the video.

Life or death, it doesnt matter, she said. Here we go.

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Federal prosecutors charged Ryan nine days later on Jan. 15.

In the months after those charges, she continued to post on social media. In a now-famous March 26 Twitter thread, Ryan lamented her portrayal by alt right media outlets, saying she was being left to the vultures of the left.

Definitely not going to jail. Sorry I have blonde hair white skin a great job a great future and Im not going to jail, she wrote in response to another user. Sorry to rain on your hater parade. I did nothing wrong.

Ryan's attorney could not immediately be reached for comment.

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