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Proud Boys leader gets 18 years, matching longest Jan. 6 punishment to date

Two more members of the Proud Boys convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol were sentenced to lengthy prison terms Friday, with one of the group's leaders that day receiving an 18-year sentence for seditious conspiracy, the longest term for a Proud Boys member so far and equal to the longest Jan. 6 sentence yet imposed.
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Sentencing postponed for ex-Proud Boys leader in Jan. 6 conspiracy

A federal judge is not proceeding as planned with the sentencing of former Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, who was convicted of recruiting followers to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and disrupting the peaceful transfer of American presidential power, spokespeople for the U.S. attorney's office and federal court in Washington, D.C., said Wednesday.