Pro-Trump Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola, who used a police shield to smash a Capitol window during the Jan. 6 insurrection, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday.
A lot of this kicked off during that initial brief. and joseph briggs was on the bullhorn at that moment. he is the other individual who prosecutors would like to see in prison for 33 years and will be sentenced on thursday. and just before that breach, someone came up and whispered in his ear, and he spoke with them very briefly. and it was sort of off past them. and all these individuals were part of this. if other departments were a part of this. those pezzola was not in communication. and that s why you see the differentiation between the four ultimately convicted of seditious conspiracy, and pezzola, who is in some of the most famous footage from january 6th using the shield to break out the window. but what the jury concluded is he was not as involved in the planning as some of the core individuals were who were ultimately convicted of seditious conspiracy. obviously 30-year sentences are no joke. and when you re talking about federal time, that s realtime. this isn t state time
A defense attorney argued Tuesday at the close of a landmark trial over the Jan. 6 riot that the Justice Department is making Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio a scapegoat for Donald Trump.