Portland woman sentenced for participation in Jan. 6 insurrection

By OPB staff (OPB)
April 4, 2023 8:04 p.m.

Lilith Saer of Portland was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. She will spend three years on probation, serve 200 hours of community service and pay $500 in restitution, according to KGW News.

Saer is a QAnon adherent who has espoused antisemitic views.

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She is one of nine people with Oregon and Southwest Washington ties to be charged for their participation in the 2021 insurrection. She was the third to plead guilty.

Saer frequently attended far-right demonstrations in the region and was arrested in July on several charges — intent to impede or disrupt an official proceeding in a restricted building and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building — related to her behavior in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6.

FILE - Oregon resident Lilith Saer is seen inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Saer pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building.

FILE - Oregon resident Lilith Saer is seen inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Saer pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building.

U.S. Department of Justice / OPB

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