For activist Desiree Fairooz, laughter is the crime that would get her arrested.
During the introduction of then Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions at his Senate confirmation hearing on January 10,Fairooz laughed when Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said Sessions had a record of “treating all Americans equally under the law” that is “clear and well-documented.”
Fairooz, a 61-year-old Bluemont, Va., resident, was prosecutedand convicted Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of disrupting Congress and parading or demonstrating on capitol grounds, according to U.S. Attorney spokesman Bill Miller.
