A jury on Wednesday convicted three Code Pink protesters on charges that they disrupted the confirmation hearing of Jeff Sessions for attorney general - including a Virginia woman who said all she did was break out in laughter. Each could face up to 12 months in prison.
The Virginia woman, Desiree A. Fairooz, was found guilty of the two charges she faced: disorderly conduct and parading or demonstrating on Capitol grounds.
The jury also convicted two other activists in the group she was with, Tighe Barry and Lenny Bianchi , who were dressed as Ku Klux Klan members with white hoods and robes and stood up before the Jan. 10 hearing started.
They were acquitted on a count of disorderly conduct but were convicted on two separate charges of parading or demonstrating, Mr. Barry said.
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