One of the ‘Proud Boys’ that Donald Trump infamously told to ‘stand by’ is going to prison.
“A top lieutenant of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 17 years in prison on Thursday after a jury convicted him, Tarrio, and two others of seditious conspiracy, the most severe crime charged in the Justice Department’s investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
Joseph Biggs of Florida was the first of the Proud Boys co-defendants — including Tarrio — to be sentenced after a jury found them guilty of numerous felony counts tied to the riot. Biggs was also convicted of additional charges, including conspiring to obstruct Congress and civil disorder was acquitted on other accusations including assaulting officers and destruction of government property.” [READ MORE]
