A member of the Proud Boys who smashed a window at the U.S. Capitol, allowing the first wave of rioters to enter the building on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, sentenced Dominic Pezzola to 10 years in prison for his actions that day.
The extremist group sought to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's election victory. Pezzola was the only one of the five Proud Boys defendants not convicted of seditious conspiracy.
Pezzola, a former Marine, was convicted on other charges, including assaulting a police officer, destruction of government property and obstructing an official proceeding. (RELATED: Proud Boys Defendant Suddenly Vanishes Before Sentencing)
Per CNN:
In the at times rumbustious trial which spanned several months, prosecutors argued that Pezzola's co-defendants, leaders of the Proud Boys, pushed lower-level members like Pezzola to be on the front lines of the violence at the Capitol.
Pezzola testified that he only intended to protect himself that day from police and blamed his training in the Marines for moving to the front of the Capitol.
“You're conditioned to not even think about flight response,” he told the jury in April. “I guess I'm just programmed to run toward danger.”
More sentences are forthcoming. Federal prosecutors are requesting 33 years for Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio. Tarrio's sentencing hearing is set for Tuesday, Sept. 5.
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And in other news, hundreds of AntiFa members who caused millions of dollars of damages in select Democrat-run cities over the past few years are still running around Scot-free to this day.
Oh well, that’s the breaks, ain’t it?
These Judges need to be put under oath! They are supposed to represent the truth. So where are the Jan 6th Video that is being withheld by McCarthy??? These video’s as showen by Tucker should exonerate all of these Jan 6 prisons of WAR… People like Ray Eps should be a imprisoner by now…WTF
They were NOT GUILTY !
Screw that Kangaroo Court !
The US judicial system has been a SCAM for over 2 1/2 years !