Two former Proud Boys leaders who had been convicted of seditious
conspiracy for their actions during the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S.
Capitol were sentenced on Thursday, with the judge handing down one of
the longest sentences yet for someone charged in the Jan. 6 attacks.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced Joseph Biggs, the former
leader of the group's Florida chapter, to 17 years in prison. He
sentenced Zachary Rehl, the former leader of the Proud Boys'
Philadelphia chapter, to 15 years in prison.

In handing down his sentence, Judge Kelly accepted the government's recommendation to apply an enhancement that effectively labeled Biggs'
crimes as acts of terrorism in seeking to influence the actions of
government through threats and use of force.

In Thursday's hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason McCullough sought
to make the case to Judge Kelly that a significant sentence was
warranted for Biggs and the other Proud Boys for deterrence purposes --
setting an example to other extremists that carrying out similar attacks against the government would be punished severely.

"There is a reason why we will hold our collective breaths as we
approach future elections," McCullough said during the hearing. "That's
what they aimed to do. They aimed to intimidate and terrify elected
officials, law enforcement and the rest of the country that they didn't
agree with and make them heel to their political point of view."

He added, "The repercussions here must be known."

"On Jan. 6 I was seduced by the crowd and I just moved forward," Biggs
said. "My curiosity got the better of me and I have to live with that
for the rest of my life, and I'm so sorry."

Before he was sentenced, Rehl broke down into tears as he pleaded for
leniency from Kelly and asked for forgiveness from his family.

"I'm done with politics," he said. "I'm done peddling lies for people
that don't care about me... Jan. 6 was a despicable day."

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/proud-boy-leaders-joe-biggs-zachary-rehl-sentenced/story?id=102832655

"The repercussions here must be known". Amen.

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"And off they went, from here to there,
The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair"
-- Traditional

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