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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Why do people keep repeating that lie?
My guess is those who caused damage will be pardoned also. I mean, they were caught up in the moment.
He got “mansoned”. Not that there are any other simalarities other than the fact Manson was not at the Tate residence.
2018.
People storm and occupy the Capitol to stop the workings of the government appointment of a Supreme Court Justice.
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Brett Kavanaugh protesters ignore police barricades, occupy the U.S. Capitol
https://news.yahoo.com/news/brett-kavanaugh-protesters-ignore-police-194043428.html
No one gets prosecuted or sent to prison.
Another innocent who could have been shielded by Trump on the way out the door, but he had other priorities on his mind.
YOU GET A PRE-PARDON
and YOU GET A PRE-PARDON
PRE-PARDON’S FOR EVERYONE!
Is that how it works, Hombre? Please tells us WTF you expected Trump to do, and please be specific!
What have your beloved GOP elite done to stop the NAZI J6 Committee?
Have you any criticism left for Liz Cheney or do you approve of her actions?
Federal. Pardons by PDJT.
Why did Trump’s cabinet bail on him? Why no loyalty?
I keep thinking that in some ways DJT must have been hard to work for. I don’t think he was wrong...but perhaps difficult?
Trump was like a king in the Trump Organization - maybe he wasn’t quite prepared for having to massage the egos of bureaucrats?
We pray.................
Trump had the power to issue a blanket pardon but chose not to do so. I apologize that you are offended by facts.
That’s the hard truth. Sad, but true.
Everything is factual, and supported by evidence. That includes direct orders of his that were ignored and statements by the conspirators.
Now, you show me a scrap of proof that Trump was able to do a single act after J6 that the conspirators opposed. Just one...there are only a few window dressing.
Yes, we need to win 2024 for the J6 political prisoners to be freed. 🙏
Find me one statement by Trump which supports your contention. Seriously, and I mean this in the best of ways, get help.
It’s worse than that. It wasn’t a threat to convict in the post inauguration impeachment. At that point all of his cabinet had either resigned or made statements against him. Lead by Pence, they could have removed him with a simple cabinet vote on the 7th or any day before the 20th. Trump could have responded that he was not disabled and was in command. That afternoon, Congress could override Trump reasserting office with a 2/3 vote, no trial needed.
The process could have taken a day. And then he and his kids would face immediate arrest right there at the White House.
It was a very real threat and was immediate. Effectively, Pence and Pelosi and Milley were the Ruling junta.
Why did Trump’s cabinet bail on him? Why no loyalty?
Threatened with arrest and charges. Told to bail and they would be spared. They read the shift in the winds and decided he was on his own. Simple as that.
Eff off assclown. That is nonsense. If Trump said such a thing, they would have executed the removal and arrest. There are -plenty- of statements from the conspirators as to how they removed Trump’s power and how DOJ, DOD and others were not to follow his orders without checking.
Not a single meaningful order or act was conducted by Trump after that day except a few things the conspirators approved of.
Even his own acting AG and the CIA did not follow his declassification order.
LOL
I’ve thought the whole time that 2020 was the real coup d’etat ....against We The People who just want to live in peace and not have the bureaucrats dictate to us beyond the Constitution’s limits.
Both good questions.
At least half the country must be seething over this kind of injustice, mostly because they realize nobody is doing a damn thing about it.
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