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September 11, 2023

In Case You Missed It - Sandra Weyer. Who?

This sentencing memorandum was filed in Federal Court on 9/8/23. It starts:

The United States of America, by and through its attorney, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, respectfully submits this sentencing memorandum in connection with the above-captioned matter. For the reasons set forth herein, the government requests that this Court sentence Sandra S. Weyer to 30 months’ incarceration, the high-end of the applicable Sentencing Guidelines range; three years of supervised release; $2,000 in restitution; and the mandatory $170 special assessment. 

And:

The defendant, Sandra S. Weyer, a 60-year-old mother of two and high school graduate, participated in the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol—a violent attack that forced an interruption of the certification of the 2020 Electoral College vote count, threatened the peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 Presidential election, injured more than one hundred police officers, and resulted in more than 2.9 million dollars in losses.

Note: she was found guilty in June.

She also did this:

Another Mastriano supporter, Sandra Weyer, has been charged with unlawfully entering the Capitol on Jan. 6. Federal authorities say she encouraged other rioters to “mace” a New York Times photographer who was being attacked by two rioters. Weyer was also at the eastern doors leading to the rotunda on Jan. 6, not far from Clarkson. She entered a not guilty plea after she was indicted in February.

You can read about the assault on the photographer here.

She's good people, no?

No.

So why am I directing your interest to the soon-to-be sentenced Sandy Weyer?

This is why:

So. Any comment, Senator?

For the record, her sentencing memo contains this information:

     Weyer’s frustrations motivating her to storm the Capitol began in the days leading up to the attack on January 6, 2021, in her home state of Pennsylvania. Upset over the election results, Weyer participated in rallies and protests to decertify the election in favor of her chosen candidate.

     When those lawful efforts failed to achieve her desired result, Weyer and her associates decided to come to Washington, D.C. They drove a van approximately three hours from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania to Washington, D.C. Weyer, who was in the front passenger seat, led her group in chants of “four more years!” during the drive. She recorded and   published her trip to her Facebook Live followers on social media in real-time. See Government’s Trial Exhibit 202.2. [Emphasis added.]

Evidently not in one of Doug's rented buses. 

For the record.

But still, any comment Senator? One of your followers, someone photographed with you, has been found guilty of crimes committed in the Capitol on January 6 and could be facing more than a year in jail.

Anything?

And please, will someone in the otherwise very capable Pennsylvania press corps stick a microphone in Doug's face and ask him about this? Or about anything else having to do with January 6? 

Please?