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Proud Boys Leaders Biggs, Rehl Sentenced to 17, 15 Years in Prison

A federal judge on Aug. 31 sentenced Proud Boys leader Joseph Randall Biggs to 17 years in prison, calling the destruction of a fence on U.S. Capitol property on Jan. 6 an act of terrorism.
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Proud Boys Leaders Biggs, Rehl Sentenced to 17, 15 Years in Prison
Proud Boys organizer Joseph Biggs walks from the George C. Young Federal Annex Courthouse in Orlando, Fla., on Jan. 20, 2021. Sam Thomas/Orlando Sentinel via AP
Joseph M. Hanneman
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A federal judge on Aug. 31 sentenced Proud Boys leader Joseph Randall Biggs to 17 years in prison and co-defendant Zachary Rehl to 15 years, calling the destruction of a fence on U.S. Capitol property during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach an act of terrorism.

Mr. Biggs, 39, of Ormond Beach, Florida, is the first of the Proud Boys leaders to be sentenced after being found guilty in May of seditious conspiracy and five other Jan. 6-related charges.

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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