Leader of the far-right organization Proud Children In Seattle, Ethan Nordean was sentenced to 18 years in prison this Friday for the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Nordean and three other leaders of this nationalist group, including the leader. Enrique Tarrio He was found guilty of sedition last May, after a four-month trial, of Cuban descent.
His sentence is equal to the highest ever sentenced for the 18-year-old assault suspect who handed over the founder of the far-right group Oath Keepers in May. Stewart Rhodesalso for the conspiracy to keep former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) in the White House.
The prosecution had demanded a 27-year prison sentence against him. Nordean, also known as Rufio Panman, was seen leading a group of protesters with a megaphone shortly before the riot started. Tried to block documentation of Democrat Joe Biden’s electoral victory over Trump in the 2020 election.
His decision agrees with: three other leaders or prominent members This organization was announced this week.
Also today, Dominic Pezzola, who broke the first window that protesters had entered the Capitol Building with a stolen police shield, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, 10 years less than the sentence the Prosecutor’s Office requested against him.
On Thursday, Tarrio’s lieutenant Joseph Biggs and Philadelphia’s former leader Zachary Rehl announced their verdicts, serving 17 and 15 years in prison, respectively; next Tuesday it will be Tarrio’s turn.
Rehl, Biggs, Nordean And jar They were found guilty in May conspiracy to riot. Pezzola was cleared of this charge but was found guilty of assault, resisting law enforcement and theft of state property.
According to the Justice Department, the attack began at 10 a.m. with the persuasion of Biggs, Rehl, and others. About 200 people will go from Ellipse.Located south of the White House towards the Capitol, the park bypasses multiple security barriers.
Throughout the process, prosecutors showed messages and videos released by the defendants and other members of the group, calling for violence and revolution against the presidential change.
January 6, 2021 about 10,000 people -mostly Trump supporters- marched to the Capitol and nearly 800 people raided the building. There were five deaths and about 140 injured agents.
Since then, more than 1,000 people have been arrested for assault-related crimes in nearly all 50 states, and more than 350 have been charged with assault or obstruction of law enforcement, the Justice Department said on Thursday.
Although not directly attackedTrump himself is indicted in both Washington and the state of Georgia For their attempts to reverse the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The former president pleaded not guilty in these two cases, as well as in two other criminal cases against him, regarding obtaining classified documents from the White House in Florida and making irregular payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels to silence him during the campaign in New York. A “relationship” that 2016 had in the past.