Posted on 08/31/2023 9:54:19 AM PDT by Coronal
WASHINGTON — Joe Biggs, a Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy who the government says "served as an instigator and leader" during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison on Thursday.
It is among the longest sentences in Capitol riot cases. The record is the 18-year sentence given to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, also convicted of seditious conspiracy, after prosecutors sought 25 years in federal prison in his case.
The government sought 33 years for Biggs, an Army veteran who sustained a head injury in Iraq and then served as a correspondent for the conspiracy website Infowars. Prosecutors argued that he was a “vocal leader and influential proponent of the group’s shift toward political violence” and used his “outsized public profile” and his military experience as he “led a revolt against the government in an effort to stop the peaceful transfer of power.”
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly handed down Biggs' sentence. He ruled earlier in Thursday's hearing that Biggs’ tearing down of a fence that stood between police and rioters qualified him for a terrorism sentencing enhancement sought by prosecutors. Destroying the fence was a “deliberate, meaningful step” that contributed to the disruption of the electoral vote count occurring in the Capitol, Kelly said.
Biggs was convicted in May of seditious conspiracy; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of an official proceeding; conspiracy to use force, intimidation or threats to prevent officers of the U.S. from discharging their duties; interference with law enforcement during civil disorder; and destruction of government property.
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Trump should manned up and pardoned them anyway. A general stands by his troops.
Nixon wasn't charged, yet Ford pardoned him.
Yes, it DOES work that way. Once the crime or alleged crime is committed, the president has the power to pardon. He only cannot pardon things that have not yet occurred.
“Trump could have issued a pardon before he left office but failed to do so.”
That is straight truth. Yet who in their right mind would have imagined how the Democrat party would use the PSYOP they created?
They’re diabolical.... They will burn it down to keep power.
My mind cannot escape ticket Trump/Kennedy 2024.
If those two men break bread, understand what needs to be done, and commit to doing their parts without a knife in either’s back, they can be restorative and would be, in my opinion, wholly unbeatable!
And yet Ray Epps walks free.
he “led a revolt against the government in an effort to stop the peaceful transfer of power.”
We had a revolution? I missed that! How many were killed?
Why so angry? You didn’t get Jebbie but you’ve got Creepy Joe to represent you.
“ Trump could have issued a pardon before he left office but failed to do so.”
Nobody in their right mind would have believed back in 2021 that the government would go this far. Not Trump, not me, and not even you.
Well look at that. I have my very own spokeshole. If you want to speak for me, at least try to get it right.
I’m sure you can pull up an old post of yours proving I got it wrong.
Nah, never mind
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