The former Infowars correspondent, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy, “served as an instigator and leader" during the Capitol attack, federal prosecutors said.

Joe Biggs, a Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy who the government says “served as an instigator and leader” during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison on Thursday.

It is among the longest sentences in Capitol riot cases. The record is the 18-year sentence given to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, also convicted of seditious conspiracy, after prosecutors sought 25 years in federal prison in his case.

  • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    They tried to help him, the problem is they failed. Trump doesn’t like losers who can’t even pull off a coup.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
      1·
      1 year ago

      He failed. If he actually wanted a successful coup he should have organised his merry band of idiots. But since everyone involved is completely feckless, Trump included, that was never going to happen.

      • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        He might’ve succeeded but he needed plausible deniability. His lsckeys have gone to prison in droves but nothing has ever stuck to him because he’s… Careful? Or at least his lawyers are.