o one disputes that Watkins went to the Capitol to protest against the certification of President Joe Biden's election win. She is seen on video bragging about it while inside the Capitol building. Her boyfriend said she went to "help protect some Trump VIP members within the rally," but he did not know whom. After breaching the Capitol, Watkins described the scene inside the building as she saw it. She told the Ohio Capital Journal: "To me, it was the most beautiful thing I ever saw until we started hearing glass smash. That's when we knew things had gotten really bad." She added: "It was some people hijacking what started off as a peaceful movement." But the words on her Parler account after the breach offer a very different perspective. They are highlighted in the federal complaint against her. "Yeah. We stormed the Capitol today. Teargassed, the whole, 9. Pushed our way into the Rotunda. Made it into the Senate even," she wrote. Another post from Watkins used as evidence by the FBI said: "We never smashed anything, stole anything, burned anything, and truthfully we were very respectful with Capitol Hill PD until they attacked us. Then we stood our ground and drew the line." Watkins and many others came to Washington trained in warfare, some wearing their combat gear of ballistic helmets, Army fatigues and goggles. Videos showed one group of more than a dozen people, in formation, hands on each other's shoulders, marching up the Capitol steps. Federal prosecutors say Watkins and others used the Zello phone app, which works like a walkie-talkie, to communicate and plan the assault.
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