Athens couple sentenced for Jan. 6 charges
When Georgia residents Savannah Danielle McDonald and Nolan Harold Kidd emerged from the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and began giving interviews to journalists and posting on social media, there was little evidence they believed they had done anything wrong.
“We were definitely within the first 100-150 people in that building,” McDonald told a freelance journalist in a video posted to YouTube.
“I did get a souvenir,” Kidd said, whipping off his red “Make America Great Again” hat to reveal a cap belonging to the Capitol Police. Kidd even provided the journalists with cell phone video he took from inside the Capitol showing rioters shouting threats through a haze of tear gas.
But at their sentencing in separate federal court hearings this week, they told the judge their actions that day were profoundly wrong.
“Honestly, on (Jan. 7) I had the feeling that that was wrong,” McDonald said. “It was very dumb.”
In a teleconferenced hearing from Washington, U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper on Tuesday sentenced McDonald to 21 days in prison. On Monday, he sentenced Kidd to 45 days.
Athens couple sentenced for Jan. 6 charges
Savannah Danielle McDonald and Nolan Harold Kidd, both of the Athens area, were sentenced this week on misdemeanor charges relating to their participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot.
