Key takeaways:
- Prosecutors are seeking 33 years in federal prison for Enrique Tarrio and Joseph Biggs, 30 years for Zachary Rehl, and 27 years for Ethan Nordean.
- Dominic Pezzola was acquitted of the seditious conspiracy charge, but found guilty of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers and is facing a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
- The sentencing hearings for the five defendants are scheduled to begin in July.
Federal prosecutors have filed court documents seeking lengthy prison sentences for four former Proud Boys leaders convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Enrique Tarrio, the former national chairman of the far-right extremist group, and three lieutenants, Joseph Biggs, Ethan Nordean and Zachary Rehl, were convicted by a Washington jury in May of conspiring to block the transfer of presidential power in the hopes of keeping Republican Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 election.
Prosecutors are seeking 33 years in federal prison for Tarrio and Biggs, 30 years for Rehl, and 27 years for Nordean. A fifth defendant, Dominic Pezzola, was acquitted of the seditious conspiracy charge, but found guilty of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers. He is facing a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
The sentences, if imposed, would be among the longest ever handed down in a case related to the Capitol attack. The Justice Department has said it is seeking to hold accountable those who sought to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power.
The sentencing hearings for the five defendants are scheduled to begin in July. It is unclear at this time what sentences the judge will ultimately impose.
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