'Everyone should have showed up armed and taken the country back the right way,' Zachary Rehl said in a message sent after Jan. 6.
Zachary Rehl, a former Proud Boys leader, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
Both men were convicted in May of seditious conspiracy, which means they conspired to overthrow the government, and were the first Proud Boys to receive sentencing from U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly. During the hearing, Kelly read some of the messages Rehl sent after Jan. 6, one of which said,"Everyone should have showed up armed and taken the country back the right way." The judge responded by saying,"I mean, my God," the Associated Press reported.
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