Freedom Vy, 39, pleaded guilty Tuesday to participating in the historic attack, making him the fourth member of the Philadelphia Proud Boys convicted of doing so.
From early planning via encrypted chats to members on the ground as the mob advanced on the Capitol, government evidence showed Proud Boys from Pennsylvania played an outsized role in Jan. 6.
A federal jury said Rehl and three other leaders of the far-right militant Proud Boys orchestrated a violent plot to storm the Capitol and delay certification of President Joe Biden's victory.
Following Trump’s election defeat, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio told fellow Proud Boys not to wear their traditional colors at a “Stop the Steal” event because the “campaign asked us.”
The Proud Boys expressed an increased sense of importance after former President Donald Trump told them to "stand back and stand by" during a 2020 presidential debate