SHE WANTED TO TELL HER OWN STORY
IN HER OWN WORDS.
>> IF IT COMES DOWN TO WAR,
GUESS WHAT?
I’M GOING TO BE THERE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS JENNA RYAN.
A 50-YEAR-OLD TEXAS REAL ESTATE
AGENT WHO SAYS SHE FEELS SHE IS
BEING PERSECUTED.
YOU FEEL LIKE A MARTYR?
>> I DO.
I HAVE THE RIGHT TO FEEL THIS
WAY.
SO WHETHER OR NOT YOU AGREE WITH
ME IS YOUR RIGHT.
>> Reporter: RYAN, WHO HAS BEEN
ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING AND
DISORDERLY CONDUCT AT THE
CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6th, TOLD ME
SHE HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS
VIOLENCE GOING ON THERE.
PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING, "HANG
MIKE PENCE!
HANG MIKE PENCE!"
TEAR GAS AND PEPPER SPRAY.
PEOPLE WERE REPELLING UP THE
SIDE OF THE CAPITOL.
WINDOWS WERE BEING BROKEN.
IT’S JUST HARD TO IMAGINE THAT,
IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THAT, YOU
WERE UNAWARE THAT THERE WAS
ANYTHING VIOLENT GOING ON.
>> I’M AN HONEST PERSON.
IF I FELT IN DANGER, I WOULD
HAVE BEEN OUT OF THERE.
>> Reporter: YET, SOME OF HER
OWN SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, MANY NOW
DELETED, RAISE SIGNIFICANT
QUESTIONS.
>> WE’RE ALL GOING TO BE UP
HERE, AND WE’RE GOING TO BREAK
IN THOSE WINDOWS.
>> Reporter: THE DAY BEFORE ON
JANUARY 5th, RYAN MADE IT CLEAR
SHE WAS DELIGHTED TO BE HEADING
TO D.C. ON A PRIVATE JET.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP REQUESTED
THAT WE BE IN DCHL.C. ON THE 6th
>> Reporter: THE GROUP, D.C.
BOUND TO STOP THE STEAL.
SO THE PRESIDENT HAD BEEN
TWEETING THAT THE ELECTION HAD
BEEN STOLEN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND I -- NOT JUST THE PRESIDENT,
YOU KNOW, THERE’S ALSO -- I
FOLLOW EVERYTHING THAT RUDY
GIULIANI SAYS.
>> Reporter: 86 JUDGES IN 60
CASES FOUND NO IRREGULARITIES.
SOME REPUBLICANS, SOME APPOINTED
BY DONALD TRUMP, SAID THAT THERE
HADN’T BEEN FRAUD.
THAT DIDN’T PERSUADE YOU?
>> THAT DIDN’T PHASE ME BECAUSE
NO ONE HEARD THE EVIDENCE.
THAT IS WHAT IS DEVASTATING.
>> Reporter: NOR DID IT PHASE
HER THAT ELECTION OFFICIALS IN
ALL 50 STATES CERTIFIED THE
VOTE.
BUT, SHE SAYS, SHE PLAYED NO
PART IN THE VIOLENCE THAT LEFT
FIVE DEAD, THOUGH SHE DOES
ACKNOWLEDGE BEING ANGRY.
>> NO, YOU CANNOT TAKE OUR
COUNTRY!
>> Reporter: ESPECIALLY WHEN
VICE PRESIDENT PENCE DID NOT
STOP THE CERTIFICATION OF THE
ELECTION.
>> WE’RE GOING TO GO DOWN AND
STORM THE CAPITOL.
THEY’RE DOWN THERE RIGHT NOW,
AND THAT’S WHY WE CAME.
>> Reporter: THEN, JUST OUTSIDE
THE CAPITOL --
>> WE’RE GOING TO [ BLEEP ] IN
HERE.
LIVE OR DEAD, IT DOESN’T MATTER.
HERE WE GO.
>> Reporter: NOW, STORM THE
CAPITOL DOESN’T SOUND LIKE --
THOSE AREN’T PEACEFUL WORDS.
LIFE OR DEATH, THOSE DON’T SOUND
LIKE PEACEFUL, BENIGN WORDS, THE
SORT OF SCENARIO YOU’RE
SUGGESTING.
>> WELL, THEY MAY NOT SOUND LIKE
PEACEFUL WORDS, BUT I’M A VERY
PASSIONATE WOMAN.
YOU LOOK UP THE TERM "STORM,"
YOU CAN STORM IN THE KITCHEN.
WHAT I MEANT, LIFE OR DEATH, IS
IF SOMEONE KILLS ME, I WILL
STAND FOR MY TRUTH, EVEN IF
SOMEONE KILLS ME.
>> Reporter: IT CERTAINLY SOUNDS
LIKE YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS
WAS NOT, YOU KNOW, A WALK IN THE
PARK.
>> WELL, IF YOU WANT TO PUT ME
ON THE SKEWER, PUT ME IN WITH
PEOPLE WHO DID COMMIT VIOLENT
ACTS, JUST BECAUSE I’M SAYING,
"GIVE ME FREEDOM OR GIVE ME
DEATH," THAT’S HOW I FEEL, AND
HOOIM
I’M NOT GOING TO SHUT UP.
>> Reporter: NOW, SHE’S BEEN
ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES.
ARE YOU GUILTY?
>> I PERSONALLY FEEL INNOCENT IN
EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE DONE.
I FEEL LIKE THE POLICE OFFICERS
WERE USHERING PEOPLE INTO THE
CAPITOL.
I ENDED UP GETTING IN THE
CAPITOL IN ABOUT TWO MINUTES,
AND I WAS LIKE, EW, THAT IS NOT
WHERE I WANT TO BE.
WE CAME FAR ENOUGH.
>> Reporter: FINALLY, WHAT ABOUT
THIS, THE BROKEN WINDOW POST?
SHE WROTE, "WINDOW AT THE
CAPITOL, AND IF THE NEWS DOESN’T
STOP LYING ABOUT US, WE’RE GOING
TO COME AFTER THEIR STUDIOS
NEXT."
>> I SAW THE WINDOW, AND I
THOUGHT, OH, MY GOSH, I’M IN THE
MIDDLE OF HISTORY.
BUT I DID NOT HAVE ANY INTENTION
TO SAY, "BREAK WINDOWS."
>> Reporter: THE CAPTION OF THAT
PHOTO --
>> THAT IS A HORRIBLE THING.
IF I SAID THAT, I DIDN’T SAY IT
RIGHT.
IT MAY HAVE COME ACROSS
IMPROPERLY, AND I APOLOGIZE IF
IT DID.
>> Reporter: BUT THAT’S ALL
SHE’S APOLOGIZING FOR, THOUGH
SHE DOES HAVE A DIRECT PLEA SHE
WANTS TO MAKE.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP, I WANT YOU
TO KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN A TRUE
SUPPORTER OF YOURS, AND I
BELIEVE THAT YOU WON THE
ELECTION.
AND I BELIEVE IN AMERICA, AND I
BELIEVE IN YOUR VALUES.
I WAS NOT A VIOLENT PROTESTER,
AND I ASK THAT YOU WOULD LET --
YOU WOULD PARDON ME FROM THIS
MISDEMEANOR.
>> Reporter: WELL, SHE WANTS THE
PRESIDENT TO PARDON OTHERS WHO
WERE CHARGED WITH NON-VIOLENT
CRIMES, AS WELL.
SHE TOLD ME SHE CONTINUES TO
BELIEVE THAT GOD SENT DONALD
TRUMP TO SAVE AMERICA.
SHE BELIEVES THE ELECTION WAS
STOLEN
STOLEN.
SHE WILL NEVER VOTE AGAIN.
SHE SAYS SHE’S GIVEN UP ON
AMERICA.
AND WHILE SHE’D POSTED THAT THE
6th WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF
HER LIFE, SHE DID TELL ME THAT,
SINCE THEN, SHE HAS RECEIVED
NUMEROUS DEATH THREATS AND UGLY
CALLS ON HER CELL PHONE.
BACK TO YOU.
>> CYNTHIA, DOESN’T SOUND LIKE