The 17-year prison term for organizer Joseph Biggs and 15-year sentence for leader Zachary Rehl were the second and third longest sentences handed down yet in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
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Judge’s illness delays sentencing for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case
Prosecutors are seeking 33 years behind bars for Tarrio, who they say organized and led the group’s assault from afar.
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Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election
The next hearing in Trump’s 2020 election conspiracy case has been set for Aug. 28, just days after the first debate in the 2024 Republican presidential primary.
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FBI, Homeland Security ignored ‘massive amount’ of intelligence before Jan. 6, Senate report says
The report details how the agencies failed to recognize and warn of the potential for violence as the siege was openly planned in messages and forums online.
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Trump lawyer faces discipline over plot to keep former president in power after 2020 election loss
Attorney John Eastman, a lead architect of some of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election, faces possible disbarment in disciplinary proceedings.
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Feds seek sentence of over 15 years for Jan. 6 rioter Kyle Fitzsimons of Maine
Prosecutors call the Lebanon man, who will be sentenced on June 13, ‘one of the most violent and aggressive participants’ in the insurrection.
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Veteran ‘enamored’ with Hitler gets 4 years for Capitol riot
Hatchet Speed, a military veteran, expressed his admiration for Hitler during the recorded conversation, calling him ‘one of the best people that’s ever been on this earth.’
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Ex-Proud Boys leader Tarrio, 3 others guilty of sedition in Jan. 6 insurrection plot
A jury in Washington, D.C., found Enrique Tarrio guilty after hearing from dozens of witnesses in one of the most serious cases brought in the stunning attack.
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Prosecutor says Proud Boys viewed themselves as ‘Trump’s army’
Former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio and 4 lieutenants are charged with seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors say was a plot to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential electoral victory.
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Prosecutors rest in sedition case against Proud Boys leaders
Federal prosecutors have rested their seditious conspiracy case against former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and 4 lieutenants charged with plotting to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden.