January 6 Protestor Who Avoided Jail Says She Racked Up Legal Fees Nearly Equal To Yearly Income

A Capitol riot defendant who pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor after initially facing roughly 20 years in prison for a felony charge told The Daily Wire that she spent close to $70,000 on legal fees, plus the $5,500 she was ordered to pay to the government. The defendant said in an interview that this combined amount is what she nearly makes annually as a florist.

Jenny Cudd, who was charged under a statute in the U.S. code with obstruction and four other charges, was sentenced to two months probation in March. She pleaded guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building, a trespass offense, after her involvement in the January 6 Capitol riot.

Cudd, a 37-year-old flower shop owner in Midland, Texas, was handed the sentence by U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden. McFadden is the same judge that acquitted Capitol riot defendant Matthew Martin, a former government contractor at a nuclear weapons laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, on Wednesday of all charges.

The florist, who also ran for Mayor in Midland in 2019, spent about 19 minutes in the Capitol. She entered through the same doors and at the same time as January 6 defendant Brady Knowlton, who The Daily Wire reported is facing roughly 20 years in prison. Both walked by police officers and were nonviolent. – READ MORE