Justice Dept. seeks longest sentence in Capitol siege by far for leaders Henry “Enrique” Tarrio and Joe Biggs, convicted of seditious conspiracy.
A fifth co-defendant, Dominic Pezzola, was acquitted of seditious conspiracy, but found guilty like the others of obstructing Congress’s joint session, and of other crimes. All were convicted of offenses punishable by up to 20 years in prison,
and prosecutors asked the court to stack sentences to exceed that total for Tarrio and his top lieutenants.Attorneys for Nordean, Biggs and Rehl asked for sentences of time served, up to 2½ years, saying their actions that day were peaceful like hundreds of others punished for misdemeanors, and that the Justice Department targeted the Proud Boys leaders for the group’s political activities.
“Neither Mr. Rehl nor Mr. Biggs recites the role of President Trump as justification for their actions, but, certainly believing the commander in chief and heeding his call should yield some measure of mitigation,” Pattis wrote, saying decades behind bars is excessive punishment for two military disabled veterans whose families lost their pensions on arrest.
, the longest penalty to date in the attack — were the highest-profile figures to face trial for the siege. Prosecutors alleged both men preached violence in a “constant drumbeat” on social media and in private, radicalizing followers and extremists drawn to the Capitol by Trump’s incendiary and baseless claims that the election was stolen.
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