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District Judge Timothy J. Kelly was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in September 2017 by Trump.
Prosecutors were seeking 33 years in prison for Joe Biggs, the former leader of the Proud Boys’ Florida chapter, and 30 years for Zachary Rehl, the former leader of the group’s Philadelphia chapter. Biggs, a U.S. army veteran, was leader of the group’s Florida chapter and a close ally of the former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio.
Prosecutors have characterized Biggs as the “tip of the spear” for the mob throughout the Capitol attack in his role as co-leader of the so-called “Ministry of Self Defense,” a planning team that later evolved into the Proud Boys’ ground operation on Jan. 6.
“The evidence at trial demonstrated that Biggs was a vocal leader and influential proponent of the group’s shift toward political violence,” prosecutors said in their sentencing memo for Biggs.”
“I apologize for my rhetoric,” Biggs said. He used it as a way to deal with what was going on with his family, he says his daughter was molested by a family member on her maternal side. “I’m so sorry… I’m not a terrorist, I don’t have hate in my heart.”
Prosecutors were seeking 33 years in prison for Joe Biggs, the former leader of the Proud Boys’ Florida chapter, and 30 years for Zachary Rehl, the former leader of the group’s Philadelphia chapter. Biggs, a U.S. army veteran, was leader of the group’s Florida chapter and a close ally of the former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio.
Prosecutors have characterized Biggs as the “tip of the spear” for the mob throughout the Capitol attack in his role as co-leader of the so-called “Ministry of Self Defense,” a planning team that later evolved into the Proud Boys’ ground operation on Jan. 6.
“The evidence at trial demonstrated that Biggs was a vocal leader and influential proponent of the group’s shift toward political violence,” prosecutors said in their sentencing memo for Biggs.”
“I apologize for my rhetoric,” Biggs said. He used it as a way to deal with what was going on with his family, he says his daughter was molested by a family member on her maternal side. “I’m so sorry… I’m not a terrorist, I don’t have hate in my heart.”
Former Proud Boys leaders Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl sentenced for Jan. 6 sedition
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced Joseph Biggs to 17 years in prison; Zachary Rehl to 15 years in prison.
abcnews.go.com