Sep 19 Ray Epps, center of a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory, is charged with a misdemeanor over Capitol insurrection By Alanna Durkin Richer, Michael Kunzelman, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press An Arizona man at the center of a Jan. 6, 2021, conspiracy theory has been charged with a misdemeanor in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot. Continue reading
Sep 12 Infowars host Owen Shroyer gets 2 months in prison in Capitol insurrection case By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press Prosecutors said Shroyer "helped create" Jan. 6, 2021, by spewing violent rhetoric and spreading baseless claims of election fraud to hundreds of thousands of viewers. Continue reading
Sep 11 Active-duty Marine gets probation and community service for storming Capitol on Jan. 6 By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press The judge told Hellonen that she can't fathom why he violated his oath to protect and defend the Constitution by joining the Jan. 6, 2021 riot. Continue reading
Sep 05 Watch 8:07 Far-right violence a growing threat and law enforcement's top domestic terrorism concern By Laura Barrón-López, Saher Khan The Proud Boys played a critical part in carrying out the Jan. 6 attack, but the group is just one part of a trend of increased white supremacist and far-right violence. Top U.S. law enforcement officials say those extremist movements… Continue watching
Sep 05 Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy By Associated Press Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for orchestrating his far-right extremist group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to stop the transfer of presidential power after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Continue reading
Sep 01 Proud Boys leader Ethan Nordean gets 18 years in prison, tying for longest sentence in Jan. 6 insurrection By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press A one-time leader in the Proud Boys far-right extremist group has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, tying the record for the longest sentence in the attack. Continue reading
Sep 01 Proud Boy who smashed Capitol window on Jan. 6 gets 10 years in prison, declares 'Trump won!' By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press A former Proud Boys member who smashed a U.S. Capitol window in the building's first breach on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison — and then defiantly declared as he walked out of the courtroom,… Continue reading
Aug 31 Two ex-Proud Boys leaders get long sentences in Jan. 6 Capitol attack By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press The 17-year prison term for organizer Joseph Biggs and 15-year sentence for leader Zachary Rehl are some of the longest sentences handed down yet in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. Continue reading
Aug 30 Judge's illness delays sentencing for former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press The Justice Department is seeking a 33-year prison sentence for the 39-year-old Tarrio, who's from Miami. That's nearly twice the length of the longest prison term so far among hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions. Continue reading
Aug 18 Justice Department seeks 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press The sentence, if imposed, would be by far the longest punishment that has been handed down in the massive prosecution of the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Continue reading