Indiana woman gets probation for role in US Capitol riot, is first sentenced in insurrection
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A Trump supporter who spent 10 minutes inside the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection was sentenced to probation Wednesday, avoiding jail, and becoming the first rioter to learn their punishment in the riot investigation.
Anna Morgan-Lloyd, 49, from rural Indiana, had pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor for trespassing inside the Capitol as part of the crowd on January 6. It's a benchmark moment in the massive federal probe that has ballooned to comprise nearly 500 defendants from 43 states.
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