The former Infowars correspondent, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy, “served as an instigator and leader" during the Capitol attack, federal prosecutors said.

Joe Biggs, 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, was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison on Thursday.

It is among the longest sentences in Capitol riot cases. The record is the 18-year sentence given to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, also convicted of seditious conspiracy, after prosecutors sought 25 years in federal prison in his case.

      • diprount_tomato
        -21•1 year ago

        Again, they were not “just given harsh sentences because of having weed”. Reoffending is the cause

        • ChainweaselEnglish
          19•1 year ago

          So it’s justified to throw someone away for the rest of their life because they smoked weed a few times but it’s “harsh” to give someone 17 years for trying to overthrow the government?

          • diprount_tomato
            -15•1 year ago

            Did they try to overthrow the government 5 times?

        • FuglyDuckEnglish
          9•1 year ago

          Ladies and gentlemen… I give you the party of ‘law and order’

          Their laws and their Order.

        • @Riccosuave
          -1•1 year ago

          ↑
          Can’t
          Understand
          Normal
          Thinking

          • diprount_tomato
            -2•1 year ago

            You’re clearly the one that doesn’t understand how laws work. Reoffending is obviously more penalized than the first case, simple as that

            • @Riccosuave
              -1•1 year ago

              You’re clearly a repeat offender of being a fucking moron. I vote we lock you up for multiple decades.

              Sticking people in cages with violent offenders for smoking a plant is both barbaric and unethical. You attempting to weasel around that and justify this nonsense is exactly what I would expect from someone as fucking stupid as you. Again, AND I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH:

              GET FUCKING WREKT YOU ABSOLUTE NOOB 🖕

                • @Riccosuave
                  0•1 year ago

                  I understand how the law works. I just don’t make pedantic arguments to justify governmental abuse over victimless crimes because I’m not a boot-licking goose-stepper like you.

                  • diprount_tomato
                    -2•1 year ago

                    If you knew how they work you wouldn’t be crying about reoffending being more penalised