Jan. 6 Coverage

Proud Boys Leader Ethan Nordean Handed Record 18-Year Prison Term for Jan. 6 Violence

Proud Boys leader Ethan Michael Nordean was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Sept. 1 based in part on a terrorism enhancement for tearing down a fence on U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021.
Proud Boys Leader Ethan Nordean Handed Record 18-Year Prison Term for Jan. 6 Violence
Proud Boys members Zachary Rehl, left, and Ethan Nordean, right, walk toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo
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WASHINGTON—Proud Boys leader Ethan Michael Nordean was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Sept. 1, based in part on a terrorism enhancement for tearing down a fence on U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021.

United States District Judge Timothy Kelly gave Mr. Nordean a harsher sentence than three of his co-defendants, but it still fell short of the recommendation from the Department of Justice by nine years. The 18-years matched the record Jan. 6 sentence given to Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III on May 25.

Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
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