Trump supporter and Capitol rioter sentenced to 45 days, $5,000 fine

The U.S. Capitol is seen during a candlelight vigil on the one year anniversary of the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2022. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI Democrats attend a candlelight vigil on the one year anniversary of the riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2022. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., walk through the U.S. Capitol on the one-year anniversary of the January 6 riot. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI Attorney General Merrick Garland waves after speaking at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 2022, in advance of the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Pool Photo by Carolyn Kaster/UPI Gladys Sicknick, the mother of late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, gets a hug from a fellow Capitol Police officer after a candlelight vigil on the one year anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2022. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI

Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Mariposa Castro, a supporter of former President Donald Trump who entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, was sentenced Wednesday to 45 days in jail and a $5,000 fine.

Castro, also known as Imelda Acosta, live streamed on Facebook on Jan. 6, 2021, and admitted entering the U.S. Capitol through a broken window, according to a November 2021 court filing.

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The court filing Castro admitted was true also said she climbed into the Capitol building "while recording herself and stating, 'I'm going in. I'm going in the Capitol. We're in! We're inside the Capitol house. We got inside the Capitol.'"

U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton sentenced Castro Wednesday morning. He said she appeared "gleeful" and "happy" about what was happening in the violent Capitol insurrection.

"I don't glorify my actions," a tearful Castro told the judge. "I got caught up on the energy, and if I could go back and change things over, I definitely would have brought more peace."

On Jan. 6, 2021, Castro's words and actions were very different. In a video taken after the attack on the U.S. Capitol she said "this is war" as she encouraged social media followers to act.

More than 740 people have been arrested in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. So far 106 have been sentenced, according to CNN.