WASHINGTON - A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys group was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison, just shy of the longest punishment imposed on a participant in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
"That day broke our tradition of peaceful transfer of power, one of the most precious things we had as Americans," U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly said as he sentenced Joseph Biggs, 39, of Florida. "We don't have it anymore."