The 10 Longest January 6th Sentences (Ahead of the 2024 Election)


     In less than four years, nearly 1,600 people have been charged for their roles in the violent insurrection on January 6th; nearly 1,200 have been convicted, while hundreds of cases remain pending and hundreds of individuals could still be arrested. Here are the 10 longest sentences so far for the violent attack on American democracy: 

     Enrique Tarrio, the former president of the Proud Boys, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other charges. He organized a fighting force of 100 Proud Boys members from a Baltimore hotel; these members were responsible for organizing the key breaches and assaults that took place that day. Tarrio is serving his sentence through August 2040.

     David Nicholas Dempsey, a California resident with a long history of political violence against anti-Trump protestors in his home state, pleaded guilty to severely injuring two Capitol police officers and assaulting numerous others. He was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and is serving his time through September 2038. 

     Elmer Stewart Rhodes III organized the Oath Keepers militia in storming the Capitol through the East Rotunda doors and searching for Nancy Pelosi and other key political figures; members also brought a stockpile of weapons to a nearby hotel. Convicted of seditious conspiracy, Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison and is serving his sentence through November 2036.

     Ethan Nordean was the ground leader of the Proud Boys on January 6th, earning him a conviction for seditious conspiracy and a sentence of 18 years in prison, which he is serving in federal prison through June 2038.

     Joseph Biggs, an InfoWars-affiliated Florida Proud Boys leader who led the march to the Capitol and dismantled barricades before storming the Senate chamber, was convicted of seditious conspiracy and sentenced to 17 years in prison. He is scheduled for release on January 6th, 2036, at the FCI-Talladega. 

     Philadelphia Proud Boys leader Zachary Rehl was convicted of seditious conspiracy after pepper spraying law enforcement at the Capitol and then lying about it on the stand. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison, which he is serving through October 2033.

     Peter Schwartz, a career criminal from Pennsylvania, was convicted at trial of assaulting law enforcement with a folding chair and pepper spray and sentenced to 170 months (14 years and two months) in prison. He is scheduled to be released in April 2033.

     Danny Rodriguez of California pleaded guilty to four felonies for plotting with fellow far-right extremists to storm the Capitol; assaulting law enforcement with a pole, assaulting Officer Michael Fanone with a stun gun; trashing a Senate office; and a plethora of other violent acts on January 6th. He was sentenced to 151 months (12 years and seven months) in federal prison, which he is set to serve through January 2032 in Los Angeles.

     Kelly Meggs, the leader of the Florida Oath Keepers, was convicted of seditious conspiracy for organizing the "stack formation" of Oath Keepers that breached the Capitol to look for Speaker Pelosi and stop the certification of the 2020 election. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison, which he is serving through December 2030 at the FCI in Memphis.

     Christopher Joseph Quaglin was sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted of 12 felonies for repeatedly assaulting law enforcement with pepper spray, shields, his body, and more during hours of violent rage. He is set for release in August 2031. 

     If Donald Trump is elected president on Tuesday, each and every one of these violent domestic terrorists will be set free. For this reason and countless others, we CANNOT let convicted felon and adjudicated rapist Donald Trump win the 2024 election.

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