Judge vacates convictions of 4 Proud Boys in Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection
A federal judge on Friday agreed to dismiss the convictions of four members of the far-right Proud Boys group for their actions in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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A federal judge on Friday agreed to dismiss the convictions of four members of the far-right Proud Boys group for their actions in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The leader of the Philadelphia chapter of the Proud Boys is one of 1,500 people President Trump has granted clemency. The president commuted the sentence of Zachary Rehl. He was serving 15 years for seditious conspiracy and other offenses.
The former Philly Proud Boys leader serving a 15-year sentence in federal prison is set to be released after President Trump commuted his sentence.
Prosecutors wanted Philadelphia Proud Boys leader Zachary Rehl to get 30 years in prison after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Tarrio received the longest sentence of anyone involved in the insurrection.
Enrique Tarrio received the longest sentence of any defendant so far in the Justice Department's investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
The Proud Boys' Ethan Nordean was sentenced to 18 years in prison, while Dominic Pezzola received a 10-year sentence.
A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for spearheading the U.S. Capitol attack to try to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 presidential election.
4 men were convicted back in May for seditious conspiracy for plotting and leading the crowd at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The sentence, if imposed, would be by far the longest punishment that has been handed down in the massive Jan. 6 prosecution.
The former leader of the far-right Philadelphia Proud Boys group Zachary Rehl was convicted of numerous felonies Thursday.
A jury agreed Zachary Rehl conspired to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden in 2021.
One of the defendants is from Philadelphia.
The defendants are from Pennsylvania, Florida, Washington state and New York.
Prosecutors said Philadelphia man Zachary Rehl led a local chapter of the Proud Boys and fundraised online to get to Washington. He was part of the first wave of rioters
The event was organized by Uncensored America, a registered university organization.
Penn State released a statement calling McInnes's views “abhorrent," saying they do not align with the university's values.
