From The Department of Justice:
A Pennsylvania woman was sentenced today in the District of Columbia on felony and misdemeanor charges for her actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. Her actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
Pauline Bauer, 55, of Kane, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 27 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release and a fine of $2,000 for obstruction of an official proceeding, a felony; entering and remaining in a restricted building; disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building; disorderly and disruptive conduct in any of the Capitol Buildings with the intent to impede, disrupt, and disturb the orderly conduct of a session of Congress or either House of Congress; parading, demonstrating, and picketing in a Capitol Building. Bauer was convicted on January 24, 2023, following a trial before U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden.
Adding:
Bauer was standing approximately 30 feet from the House Speaker’s office when she was recorded saying “Bring that fucking bitch out here now. Bring her out. Bring her out here. We’re coming in if you don’t bring her out here.”
And so on.
This is Pauline Bauer at the "Stop The Steal" rally in Harrisburg on January 5, the day before she joined the mob and stormed the Capitol - you'll note her choice of clothing and signage:
Mastriano Super Fan Pauline Bauer https://t.co/DGOB7PAkie pic.twitter.com/6KmizXVUnm
— J.J. Abbott 🔔 (@jjabbott) May 23, 2023
Oh, look. Doug Mastriano and Wendy Bell were at that rally as well:
State Sen. Doug Mastriano, who represents parts of Adams, Cumberland, Franklin and York counties, told the crowd the fight is not over, and took aim at Gov. Tom Wolf, saying “Any governor who cared about the people would investigate any allegations.”
He added a proper investigation and audit of the election must be done and, “If people believe their guy won, what are they afraid of?”
Radio personality Wendy Bell spoke near the end of the rally, telling the crowd “We are witnessing an amazing part of our history. Regardless of how it ends, this is the beginning of a great awakening.”
“A sleeping giant has awakened, and it’s called ‘serving us’ like they were elected to do. And we have awakened as well,” she said.
By the way, when Wendy Bell dog-whistles "a great awakening" this is what QAnon hears:
Followers of QAnon, the pro-Trump conspiracy theory, have spent weeks anticipating that Wednesday would be the “Great Awakening” — a day, long foretold in QAnon prophecy, when top Democrats would be arrested for running a global sex trafficking ring and President Trump would seize a second term in office.
That's what Pauline Bauer heard the day before she stormed into the Capitol, threatening then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Anyway, back to the sentencing. CBS Congressional Correspondent Scott McFarland was live-tweeting it.
For the purpose of this blog post, this is the interesting part:
And then Bauer reiterated:Defense: Bauer became interested in PA State Senator Doug Mastriano’s politics during COVID… and wanted “country to open up”.. and then “had questions about the election”
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 30, 2023
Bauer mentions that she was listening to State Sen Doug Mastriano (R-PA) on/ahead of Jan 6
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 30, 2023
“I have no intention of ever being political again”
In effect, on her way to a couple of years in prison for her actions on January 6, Pauline Bauer asserted during her sentencing that she was radicalized by listening to Doug Mastriano.
Any comment for the blog, Doug?
How about you, Wendy? Any comment?
