A leader of the far-right Proud Boys was sentenced on Friday to 18 years in prison over the U.S. Capitol attack, equaling the longest punishment in the case so far, while another member sentenced to 10 years yelled
The pair were the latest members of far-right groups sentenced for taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on Congress, an attempt to overturn Donald Trump's election defeat.
"If we don't have a peaceful transfer of power in this country, we don't have anything," said U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly. Dominic Pezzola, also known as "Spaz," was indicted after prosecutors said they have evidence to suggest that he and another alleged Proud Boy, William Pepe, conspired to impede police from defending the U.S. Capitol, poses for an undated New York State Department of Motor Vehicles photograph.
Pezzola's attorneys had asked for their client to be sentenced to around five years in prison. Steven Metcalf, one of Pezzola's attorneys, told the judge that Pezzola was caught in the "heat of the moment."
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