A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago.
Charles Donohoe was the second Proud Boy to plead guilty to conspiring with other group members to obstruct the Jan. 6, 2021, joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory. His sentence could be a bellwether for other Proud Boys conspirators who agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors.
Donohoe, 35, of Kernersville, North Carolina, apologized to his family, the law-enforcement officers who guarded the Capitol on Jan. 6 and “America as a whole” for his actions on Jan. 6.
“I knew what I was doing was illegal from the very moment those barricades got knocked down,” he said.
We’ve been hearing this since 2021. Who are the big names that have been charged with insurrection as a result of all these lenient sentences?
His cooperation seems to have led to serious convictions:
Tarrio - 22 years
Nordean - 18 years
Biggs - 17 years
Rehl - 15 years
I love seeing people ask questions that easily tell us that they’re not paying attention.
“When will someone be punished?!?”
These dudes got decades in prison.
Stewart Rhodes got 18 years out of a max of 20. Enrique Tarrio received 22 years.
We’ll find out ten years after they either retire or die.