A U.S. judge on Wednesday will consider whether to impose the steepest sentence yet on two former leaders of the right-wing Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy and other crimes for the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters.
Prosecutors are asking U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly to sentence Enrique Tarrio, the group's former chairman, to 33 years in prison and to sentence his co-defendant Ethan Nordean, another former leader, to 27 years.
"These defendants and the men in their command saw themselves as the foot soldiers of the right — they were prepared to use, and they did use, force to stop the 'traitors' from stealing the election,'" federal prosecutors wrote in their sentencing memo. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who was tapped to investigate broader efforts to overturn the 2020 election,Attorneys for Tarrio and Nordean are asking the judge to reject the terrorism enhancement request.
A fifth defendant - Dominic Pezzola - was acquitted of the seditious conspiracy charge, but convicted alongside the others of other felonies including obstructing an official proceeding. Prosecutors are requesting a 20-year sentence for him.
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