Prosecutors say the 39-year-old organised and led the Proud Boys’ assault from afar, inspiring followers with his charisma and penchant for propaganda.
and one-time Proud Boys leader Ethan Nordean both received after juries convicted them of seditious conspiracy and other charges.It comes as the Justice Department prepares to put Trump on trial at the same courthouse in Washington on charges that the then-president illegally schemed to cling to power that he knew had been stripped away by voters.
“I am not a political zealot. Inflicting harm or changing the results of the election was not my goal,” Tarrio said.Prosecutors had sought 33 years behind bars for Tarrio, describing him as the ringleader of a plot to use violence to shatter the cornerstone of American democracy and overturn the election victory by Joe Biden, a Democrat, over Trump, the Republican incumbent.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, agreed with prosecutors that the Proud Boys’ crimes could be punished as “terrorism” — increasing the recommended sentence under federal guidelines. But he ultimately sentenced the Proud Boys to prison terms shorter than what prosecutors were seeking.
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