‘Donald Trump invited them’: Jan. 6 couple who claimed riot was ‘staged to silence our voice’ now says they answered the call like US soldiers in WWII

Background: FILE - Violent rioters loyal to President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021 (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File). Insets, top to bottom: Kelly Fontaine poses for a picture taken by Brian Dula inside the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021; Fontaine, left, and Dula (DOJ court filing).

Background: FILE — Violent rioters loyal to President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021 (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File). Insets, top to bottom: Kelly Fontaine poses for a picture taken by Bryan Dula inside the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021; Fontaine, left, and Dula (DOJ court filing).

An Illinois couple who admitted to breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 says that they shouldn’t have to go to jail because then-President Donald Trump “invited” them to Washington, D.C., and that they — much like American soldiers fighting Nazis in WWII — felt like they were answering a call to service.

Kelly Fontaine, 54, and her then-boyfriend, now-husband Bryan Dula, 53, had traveled from Chicago to Washington, D.C., to attend Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally ahead of Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral win. According to court filings, Fontaine had heard about the rally on Facebook. After the rally, in which Trump encouraged his supporters to “fight like hell” to keep him in office, the couple admitted to going with the crowd to the Capitol building, eventually entering at around 2:55 p.m., less than one hour after rioters’ initial violent breach.

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