A Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy who the government says “served as an instigator and leader” during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol could face decades in federal prison at his sentencing Thursday.
The government wants Joe Biggs, an Army veteran who sustained a head injury in Iraq and then served as a correspondent for the conspiracy website Infowars, to serve 33 years in federal prison. That’s 15 years longer than the longest sentence in a Jan. 6 case to date: the 18-year sentence that went to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, also convicted of seditious conspiracy, after prosecutors sought 25 years in federal prison.
Federal prosecutors say Biggs was a “vocal leader and influential proponent of the group’s shift toward political violence” and used his “outsized public profile” and his military experience as he “led a revolt against the government in an effort to stop the peaceful transfer of power.”
And you have the likes of Marjorie Taylor calling these asshats political prisoners. Fuck you GOP, Fuck you Marjorie and a big long 33 year fuck you to the one and only Joe “Traitor” Biggs. Hey maybe Trump will come visit you.
Remember: “If you come at the king, you best not miss” cuts both ways. There’s a pretty good chance that some Trumpy Republican is planning to let all these guys out of prison as the vanguard of the new order in 2024, or in 2028.
I’m glad they’re going to prison. But also, please vote.
Good. Attempting to overthrow the government should land him in prison.
17 years!
YAY! I mean, I’d like to see 33 years, but at least it’s something.
