Left: Rebecca Lavrenz at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 (Department of Justice). Right: Rebecca Lavrenz speaking to a Capitol police officer (DOJ).
A Jan. 6 rioter who promotes herself online as the “J6 praying grandma” will be allowed to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration so she can watch her daughter — who is the deputy director of the swearing-in ceremony — set up the stage and perform other “supervisory” tasks, court documents show.
Rebecca Lavrenz, a Colorado resident who runs a bed-and-breakfast, was sentenced in August to serve six months of home confinement for her actions on Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol. She isn’t accused of committing any violence or attacking any officers that day, but she was charged with multiple federal misdemeanors for illegally entering through the East Rotunda doors and remaining inside the Capitol for at least 10 minutes. A jury ultimately convicted her of entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol.
On Thursday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui granted Lavrenz’s request to change her probation conditions in order to attend the inauguration — in which her daughter, Laura Lavrenz, apparently plays a significant role.
“Laura Lavrenz’ duties include organizing, staging, and facilitating the swearing in ceremony for Donald J. Trump,” wrote Rebecca Lavrenz’s attorney John M. Pierce in a Jan. 15 motion to modify rioter his client’s probation conditions.
Although Faruqui granted the request, he had previously relayed his serious concerns about the defendant’s actions.
“It’s still a grave offense,” Faruqui had said to Rebecca Lavrenz at her sentencing, according to Washington NBC affiliate WRC.
