One man from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, played a decidedly small role in the January 6 riot at the Capitol building. Small enough even, that it might have gone unnoticed. Except for the fact that his wife inadvertently “outed” him on Facebook.

During his appearance before a federal judge in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Gary Edwards, of Churchville, said he was “ashamed” of his role — which included doing things like entering the breached building and staying inside for more than 20 minutes, and entering the ransacked office of a U.S. Senator, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Edwards then told the judge that the couple was unaware of the full scale of the violence until they watched The New York Times’ report about the insurrection.

Edwards was subsequently sentenced to one year of probation and 200 hours of community service. He was also ordered to pay a $2,500 fine. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg ordered him to pay $500 in restitution toward the $1.5 million in damages to the Capitol when the surly mob stormed the building in an ill-fated attempt to support former President Donald Trump while Congress was in the midst of certifying the election’s results.

“There really is no more serious and profound action democracy takes than the certifying of a lawful and fair election,” Boasberg said. “And to the extent anyone would interfere with that, particularly with force of violence, they strike at the root of the democracy.”

According to his testimony in court, Edwards said he boarded a bus with his ministry leaders and headed for the rally where they planned to show support for Trump. After spending several hours at the National Mall rally, he said he ate lunch and at one point donned a “Make America Great Again” ski mask and walked toward the Capitol. When he saw the mob surging toward the building he “followed them,” he told the judge.

“I’m not really sure why — I think it was mostly just out of curiosity.”

Thanks to his wife, Lyn Edwards, who posted about her husband’s exploits on Facebook, that “curiosity” caught the attention of FBI agents after an anonymous tipster sent screenshots of her posts to the agency, Insider reports.

And according to the FBI, Lyn Edward’s initial Facebook post about the riot read “Okay ladies, let me tell you what happened as my husband was there inside the Capitol Rotunda.”

She added that her husband talked to police, walked around carrying flags, and watched as people sang the national anthem.

“These were people who watched their rights being taken away, their votes stolen, their state officials violating the constitutions of their country, and people who are not being given the opportunity to be able to have evidence shown,” she wrote in one post, according to the FBI.

Lyn Edwards told the judge she’d later watched the New York Times video of the riot “in horror” and said she wished she had been with her husband on the fateful day.

“In our relationship, I am the one who is much more observant and alert to my surroundings ,” she said.

Well, maybe so. Too bad she wasn’t “alert” enough to realize someone might enlighten the FBI with her postings.

The FBI has relied on the internet to find the insurgents, and in January, asked the public for help in identifying them. Scores of folks dedicated to identifying the rioters online did their part, and that’s led to numerous arrests.

In his decision, Boasberg considered the government’s push for Edwards to serve a two-week prison stint, and it was obviously conflicting for the judge. He noted that “there is a strong argument that anyone who was there that day deserves jail,” and added he found it difficult to argue that Edwards didn’t know he wasn’t welcome inside the Capitol. Even so, Boasberg said he considered Edwards to be “one of the least culpable people” he’d seen charged.

Indeed, most of Edwards’ actions didn’t seem to amount to much. Footage shown by prosecutors shows that he entered the breached Capitol at roughly 3:01 p.m., walking past alarms and broken windows. He milled around the halls, flushed tear gas from a fellow rioter’s eyes, took photos, and wandered around in Sen. Jeff Merkley’s (D-Ore.) ransacked office.

The judge also noted Edwards — a retiree who regularly volunteered at food pantries and with the ministry — has shown remorse and hasn’t boasted publicly about his involvement.

No, that job fell to his wife. Who also appeared in court Monday, although she has not been charged. She told the judge her Facebook posts weren’t factual reports. Instead, she said she was “express[ing] myself off the cuff” as she watched reports from One America News Network. Which, by the way, is a “news” outlet that makes Fox News look liberal for comparison.

“Never in my life could I have dreamed that something I posted on Facebook would be used against my husband, would lead him to be arrested,” Lynn Edwards said.

Yeah, that’s what I call being “observant” and “alert.” She didn’t even have the smarts to realize someone might rat her out. Does this mean she and her husband are one of the countless thousands and maybe millions of Trump supporters who continually walk in through the out door?