WASHINGTON (CN) — A University of Kentucky senior who attempted to steal a “Members Only” sign near the Senate chambers in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot pleaded guilty to her role in the riot on Monday, during an emotional plea agreement hearing with a federal judge in Washington.
Gracyn Dawn Courtright, 23, had to withdraw from the University of Kentucky, where she was studying mathematical economics, shortly after Jan. 6, when she entered the Capitol building, joined the crowd in chanting “whose house, our house,” and took a “Members Only” sign which was later taken back by law enforcement.
“You a little nervous? You doing okay?” U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper asked Courtright at the beginning of the hearing. “Take your time.”
“Yes, I’m just shaky. I’m sorry,” Courtright responded, choking up.
Cooper asked Courtright about school, college basketball and her jobs in college, before Courtright pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unlawfully and knowingly entering and remaining in a restricted building and grounds,
Courtright faces up to six months in prison, though most rioters who have entered into misdemeanor plea deals have avoided jail time.






