Rebecca Lavrenz, known on social media as the “J6 Praying Grandma,” was convicted this week of four federal misdemeanor charges by a D.C. jury related to her participation at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The 71-year-old from Falcon, Colorado faces up to a year in prison and more than $200,000 in fines.
According to federal court documents, Lavrenz’s crimes were entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a restricted area, disorderly conduct in the Capitol Building, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in the Capitol.
Lavrenz had been in the Capitol for around 10 minutes and was not accused of engaging in violence or destroying any property.
“God wanted it to turn out this way so my voice could be amplified. We have to wake up our country,” Lavrenz said after her conviction.
“The deliberation was good because obviously at least one person on the jury was fighting for me, and many people have been convicted in the first hour,” she continued.
“The whole reason I went to the Capitol was to pray,” Lavrenz said. “I didn’t get into this for myself. I was there to stand up for my country. God led me to go there and into the building to stand up for my First Amendment rights to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
While in the Capitol, she “felt God’s presence on me,” she said.
