Jessica Watkins

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Jessica Watkins
Born 1982 (age 41–42)

Jessica Watkins is an owner of a bar, and veteran of the US Armed Forces, who faced charges over her involvement in the attempt by supporters of disgraced former President Donald Trump to overthrow the US Government.[1]

Watkins gave an interview with the Ohio State Journal on January 13, 2021.[2] In that interview she acknowledged that she was the leader of her local militia chapter, and that she had driven to Washington DC with other members of her militia in response to Trump's request for supporters to appear to support him. She acknowledged she lead her group to break into the US Capitol building, but denied that she or any member of her group had stolen anything, or committed any actual vandalism. She acknowledged that she was a member of the Oath Keepers.

Watkins would claim she should not be jailed, but should be given home-confinement, because she is a transgender individual.[3]

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References

  1. Ronan Farrow (2021-01-14). "A Former Marine Stormed the Capitol as Part of a Far-Right Militia". New Yorker magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20210220151318/https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-former-marine-stormed-the-capitol-as-part-of-a-far-right-militia. Retrieved 2021-02-22. "During the assault on the Capitol, a thirty-eight-year-old Ohio-based bar owner named Jessica Watkins, who described herself as the commanding officer of the Ohio State Regular Militia, posted live updates on Parler, the recently defunct Twitter alternative embraced by some right-wing extremists." 
  2. Jake Zuckerman (2021-01-13). "Ohio bartender and her ‘militia’ drove to D.C. to join the Capitol breach". Ohio Capital Journal. Archived from the original on 2021-01-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20210113215241/https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2021/01/13/ohio-bartender-and-her-militia-drove-to-d-c-to-join-the-capitol-breach/. Retrieved 2021-02-22. 
  3. Linda So (2021-02-21). "Oath Keeper claims she met with Secret Service before Capitol riot". Reuters (Washington, DC). https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-capitol-arrests/oath-keeper-claims-she-met-with-secret-service-before-capitol-riot-idUSKBN2AL0L5. Retrieved 2021-02-22. "Watkins, who has been detained since mid-January, is asking for the court to release her to home confinement pending trial, noting she is at risk for “harsh treatment” as a transgender woman." 
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