A former member of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group who smashed a window at the U.S. Capitol in the building’s first breach of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison and then defiantly declared as he walked out of the courtroom, "Trump won!"
A one-time leader in the Proud Boys far-right extremist group was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, tying the record for the longest sentence in the attack.
WASHINGTON — Two former leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group were sentenced to more than a decade each in prison Thursday for spearheading an attack on the U.S.
Dominic Pezzola, the Proud Boy who used a police shield to smash his way into the US Capitol, yelled “Trump won” as he was jailed for 10 years by a federal judge in Washington on Friday.