{"id":2018082,"date":"2023-08-31T13:19:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proud-boy-joseph-biggs-hit-with-17-year-prison-sentence-over-jan-6-conviction\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T13:20:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:20:58","slug":"proud-boy-joseph-biggs-hit-with-17-year-prison-sentence-over-jan-6-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proud-boy-joseph-biggs-hit-with-17-year-prison-sentence-over-jan-6-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Biggs, a Proud Boy member, receives 17-year prison term for Jan. 6 involvement."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fproud-boy-joseph-biggs-hit-with-17-year-prison-sentence-over-jan-6-conviction%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2018082&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Proud Boys Leader Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for \u200bCapitol Riot<\/h2>\n<p>A former Proud Boys leader, \u200bJoseph Biggs, was handed a 17-year \u200bprison sentence on Thursday for his involvement \u2064in \u200dthe Jan. 6 Capitol riot.\u200b While this sentence is one of the highest among the hundreds given out, it falls short of what \u2062prosecutors had hoped for.<\/p>\n<p>Biggs, a 39-year-old \u200bArmy \u200bveteran and \u2063Purple Heart recipient, was convicted in May, along with three co-defendants, \u2064of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knowles-adam-kinzinger-is-a-namby-pamby-clown\/\" title=\"KNOWLES: Adam Kinzinger Is A Namby-Pamby Clown\">seditious conspiracy<\/a> and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. Their actions involved leading a group\u2064 of approximately\u200d 200 individuals to breach the Capitol. \u200bA fifth co-defendant was acquitted of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-phil-mudd-well-see-more-seditious-conspiracy-charges-against-january-6-rioters\/\" title=\"CNN's Phil Mudd: 'We'll See More' Seditious Conspiracy Charges Against January 6 Rioters\">seditious conspiracy charge<\/a>\u200b but found guilty of other charges.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s GOP Support Remains Strong Despite Indictments<\/h3>\n<p>During the\u2062 sentencing, U.S. District\u200b Judge Timothy Kelly \u2062focused on Biggs&#8217; \u200drole in breaking down \u2062a fence, which \u200cled to enhancements being applied to his sentence. Judge Kelly stated, \u200c&#8221;Tearing \u200ddown that fence was a discreet act that \u200cfacilitated\u2063 the \u200bcrowd&#8217;s surge forward&#8221; and &#8220;was specifically to obstruct\u2064 the administration of justice.&#8221; These enhancements, based \u200don terrorism guidelines, significantly\u200b increased the penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Biggs&#8217;s attorney, Norm Pattis, raised concerns about the impact of a severe sentence on free speech, highlighting the numerous social\u2064 media\u2063 messages \u2064Biggs \u2064had sent before and\u2062 after the riot.<\/p>\n<p>When Biggs took the \u2062stand, he became tearful, expressing remorse for his actions. He stated, \u2062&#8221;I know that I messed up that day, \u2064but I\u2019m not a terrorist&#8230; I didn\u2019t hurt anybody.&#8221; Biggs emphasized his daughter as his top\u2064 priority and, despite disagreeing with the\u2062 judge&#8217;s determinations, expressed respect for &#8220;the process&#8221; and &#8220;the \u200coutcome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The sentence is a setback for prosecutors, who had sought a 33-year sentence for\u2064 Biggs and\u2063 are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proud-boy-joseph-biggs-hit-with-17-year-prison-sentence-over-jan-6-conviction\/\" title=\"Joseph Biggs, a Proud Boy member, receives 17-year prison term for Jan. 6 involvement.\">pursuing decades-long sentences<\/a> for the other\u200b four defendants. They also sought 25 years \u200bfor Oath Keepers \u2063founder \u200cStewart Rhodes on similar charges. The\u2064 judge ultimately sentenced \u200dRhodes to 18 years, the highest sentence thus far.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2064sentencing follows a four-month trial that included witness testimony from Capitol Police, as well as evidence such as video footage, Telegram \u2063messages, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roseanne-barr-spars-with-bill-mitchell-over-2024-republican-nomination\/\" title=\"Roseanne Barr and Bill Mitchell clash on 2024 GOP nomination.\">social media \u2064posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a sentencing memorandum, prosecutors argued that the defendants&#8217; own words left no doubt about \u200dtheir\u2063 intentions. They stated,\u2064 &#8220;They\u200d unleashed a \u2062force on the Capitol that \u200dwas calculated to exert their political will\u200d on elected officials\u200c by force and to undo the \u200cresults of a\u2063 democratic election. The foot soldiers of\u200c the right aimed to keep their leader in\u200c power. They failed. They are not heroes; they are criminals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Proud Boys leader, Joseph Biggs, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for his involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. This sentence, although lower than what prosecutors sought, is one of the highest among the hundreds of cases. Biggs, a 39-year-old Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient, was convicted in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2018083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}