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Perna started tearing up, she recalled in an interview. Trump placed an arm around her and asked why she was crying, she said.
“The people here all have hope because some day their January 6er is coming home,” she said she told him. “Our January 6er is never coming home.”
Her nephew, 37-year-old Matthew Perna, entered the Capitol that day with a friend and marched through the halls chanting “USA!” He turned himself in to the FBI, told agents he tapped a window with a metal flagpole, and pleaded guilty to charges including disorderly and disruptive conduct. Her nephew’s case was delayed multiple times over 13 months. Matthew’s defense attorney told him that if he pleaded guilty he could expect a maximum sentence of six to 12 months, Geri said.
