Prosecutors seek 27 to 33 years in prison for Proud Boys guilty of seditious conspiracy
NBCAug 05, 2023
The Facts
The two former Proud Boys leaders who were scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, US Capitol riots had their sentence hearings delayed, according to a US Marshals Service spokesperson.
Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and one of his subordinates, Ethan Nordean, were the first of five former members of the conservative group to face sentencing, with the three others set for Thursday and Friday. However, the hearings were postponed after Judge Timothy Kelly was out sick.
The Spin
Left narrative
The Proud Boys are a radical right-wing militant organization that has shown it will resort to violence to impose its agenda. Its leaders are domestic terrorists who conspired to overthrow American democracy and subvert the results of a free and fair election. While they will now serve time for their crimes, the nation must be vigilant to ensure that organizations like the Proud Boys don't spread their dangerous agenda.
Right narrative
The Dept. of Justice has been weaponized against its political opponents, and the Proud Boys leaders are just a handful of the hundreds of people being targeted for political dissent. The media is in lockstep with the government as it pushes a warped narrative about the events on Jan. 6, 2021, as crooked courts redefine terms like terrorism and sedition to take down Trump and his supporters.
