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Proud Boys leader gets 18-year prison term in U.S. Capitol attack
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Source: Reuters
Dominic Pezzola, a member of the group who did not play a leadership role and the only defendant of five to be acquitted of seditious conspiracy, yelled, "Trump won!" as he left the courtroom following his own sentencing.
"I stand before you with a heart full of regret," Pezzola said in an emotional speech before the judge, in which he apologized to Ode and directed rueful comments to his wife and two daughters. "I never should've crossed the barrier at the Capitol that day."
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-sentence-two-more-proud-boys-jan-6-attack-capitol-2023-09-01/
Contrast what he said BEFORE sentencing with what he said AFTER sentencing..
These liars and trash are finally getting what they deserve
I personally vote Trump 20-24 (meaning years of hard labor)
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