A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago.

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.

  • mindbleach
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    10 months ago

    Wouldn’t have to go after many people if they weren’t politely directed to the exits so they could go home. They were all right fuckin’ there, in one building. That was kinda the problem.

    • thecrotch
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      10 months ago

      You’re right, law enforcement could have done a lot more to round people up instead of spending months combing through social media after the face. But not everyone who was responsible for this was in the building that day, in fact the ones we really want probably weren’t.