Indiana Woman Pleads Guilty To Partaking In Capitol Insurrection

WFIU | By Adam Pinsker

Published July 9, 2021 at 2:09 PM EDT

The Birch Bayh Federal Courthouse in Indianapolis

Dona Bissey is charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority.

Hundred’s people supporting former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6 ^th, 2021 in an effort to stop Congress from certifying then President-Elect Joe Biden’s win over Trump in the 2020 election.

On February 24 ^th, Bissey was arrested and agreed to a plea deal offered by the government.

A sentencing hearing is set for July 19 ^th, at 10:00 a.m.

Last month, another Hoosier, Anna Morgan-Lloyd of Greene County was sentenced to probation and fined $500 for her role in the insurrection.

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Adam Pinsker

Adam Pinsker is a reporter and multi-media journalist with WTIU and WFIU news. He was previously a reporter at WFTX in Cape Coral, Florida and KTUU in Anchorage, Alaska. In his spare time Adam likes working out, watching football, basketball and baseball and exploring Indiana's outdoors.

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