Fed Judge delivers guilty verdict for Jan 6 defendant who "followed President Trump's instructions."

JUST IN: Federal judge delivers a Jan. 6. guilty verdict for defendant Danean MacAndrew but makes clear she views Macandrew as having "followed President Trump's instructions."

The Court need not rest solely on this Meija axiom, however. Indeed, in advance of the
rally, Defendant tweeted at then-President Trump that she too felt that “[t]raps had been set” in
the “#RiggedElection” of 2020. Gov.’s Ex. 114. On January 6, she even identified with her
fellow “Patriots” who had been pepper sprayed breaching the Capitol in support of former
President Trump. Gov.’s Ex. 124. And at the “Stop the Steal” rally, then-President Trump
eponymously exhorted his supporters to, in fact, stop the steal by marching to the Capitol.
Defendant marched to the Capitol where, she testified, she understood that only Congress had the
power to fix the election’s outcome and that Congress was likely in session while she was around
and in the Capitol. Having followed then-President Trump’s instructions, which were in line
with her stated desires, the Court therefore finds that Defendant intended her presence to be
disruptive to Congressional business.

III. Conclusion
Beyond a reasonable doubt, Danean MacAndrew knew on January 6, 2021 that her
actions at the Capitol were unlawful. Every step of the way, from the western boundary of
Capitol grounds, to the West Lawn, to the Upper West Terrace, to the interior of the Capitol
itself, she saw sign after sign that her presence was unlawful. Nevertheless, heeding the call of
former President Trump, she continued onwards to “stop the steal.” For her participation in the
insurrection of January 6, the Court finds Danean MacAndrew GUILTY on Counts 1, 2, 3, and
4.
Dated: January 17, 2023

https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2021cr0730-59

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