50 years old Texas realtor Jenna Ryan is facing charges in relation to the U.S. Capitol riot that had been asking for public donations, but two online payment systems, including PayPal, reportedly shuts her account down.
It was reported that Paypal axed her account after she allegedly participated in the Jan 6 Capitol riot. She was arrested last week and was then charged with entering a restricted area knowingly and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. She said that she had opened the account on Fundly to ask for help for her legal fees but later changed to PayPal after Fundly shut her account down.
“I am accepting donations to pay legal fees and losses due to my arrest and charges by the FBI,” Ryan posted on Twitter. “I was set up on fundly but they shut me down saying I’m a racist. So now I’m on PayPal where I’ve been for many years. It’s safer.”
“PayPal has a policy to allow fundraising for legal defense purposes,” Kim Eichorn, a PayPal spokesperson wrote. “PayPal thoroughly reviews accounts, and if we learn that funds are used for anything other than legal defense, the account will be subject to immediate closure. We can confirm that the account in question has been closed.”
Ryan reportedly recorded herself while she stood in front of a bathroom mirror and claimed, “We’re gonna go down and storm the Capitol.” Court says that the footage from inside the building was enough to charge her.
“I have no guilt in my heart,” Ryan later told NBC News. “My intention was not to have a riot. I did not want to have a riot. I was documenting what was going on in the environment I was in.”
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