Joseph Biggs, a former military service member who helped lead efforts by the Proud Boys to take over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes committed during the riot more than two years ago.
Prosecutors also wanted to apply a “terrorism enhancement,” which leads to longer prison terms, given his crimes.
Judge Timothy J. Kelly chose to apply that enhancement to one of Biggs’ charges regarding his role in the destruction of a fence surrounding the U.S. Capitol building which, once gone, no longer kept the mob back from law enforcement protecting the building.
The most severe sentence doled out to Jan. 6 rioters is 18 years given to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes. He was similarly convicted of seditious conspiracy in a separate case in May.
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Article URL : https://www.npr.org/2023/08/31/1196972258/proud-boys-sentence-jan-6-joseph-biggs