Proud Boys members testify in Jan. 6 sedition case: 'It was a terrible day. A lot of bad stuff happened.'
April 18, 2023, 9:15 PMProud Boys members Zachary Rehl, left, and Ethan Nordean, walk toward the Capitol in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump, Jan. 6, 2021.Two key members of the far-right Proud Boys group testified Tuesday hoping to prove their innocence in theagainst them for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, while admitting some of their actions were wrong.
Pezzola, who also goes by the nickname "Spaz," admitted to using a police officer's riot shield to smash a Capitol building window and then trespassing in the building for more than 20 minutes. Federal prosecutors seeking to discredit Rehl, president of the group's Philadelphia chapter, presented video evidence that they suggested showed Rehl macing police at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
"It's a really grainy video," Rehl said, adding at one point that he could not "confirm or deny" the person was him.
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